VCC390H5 Lecture 3: VCC390-WEEK3
8 May 2020
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Superman: wish-fulfillment, myth, costume & character design. Love & acceptance: originally, superman was a villain, false hope = god, created by joe siegal and schuster. Justifying it by saying those people deserve to suffer: why would we want this, natural human morbid fascination, but don"t want to feel bad about it; they have to deserve it. Idea of feeling special: most important person in 7 billion people, ex. like the matrix, christian iconography of crucifixion, superman coming back to life, ^ all of these are part of power. In reality though, actual vigilantes tend to hurt bystanders: how does watchmen fit into this, are protectors useless, manhattan is powerful but can"t even sustain a. Is power bad? relationship; rorshak is powerful but can do bad things. Just vigilantes, but ultimately fail: religious undertones. Superman reaffirms that america is the good guy (democracy and freedom: personification of god.
