American (Comic Book) Mythology Under Attack

Posted by Vinay 5 years ago to Culture
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There’s a culture war going on in the West.

On one side of the battle is the American can-do spirit—the view that humans are a product of a self-made soul, that they can rise above their circumstances. The other side is a neo-Marxist perspective that is grim, dark, and fatalistic—our births determine us, not because of biology, but because society is unfair. Society must be fixed.

One battleground of this culture war is found in cinema.

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  • Posted by mccannon01 5 years ago in reply to this comment.
    You're right, Vinay, but his foul mouthed diatribe, expressed on multiple occasions, is especially vitriolic and hateful and it stands out in my mind more so than the antics of others. It's a window into the man's real soul, not an act. Then Obummer gives him a medal for it. Can't stand to even look at him.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 5 years ago
    Nice article. Thanks for putting it up.

    Re "The Joker" I'll never again ever pay money to see anything De Niro is in. Can't stand to even look at him.
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  • Posted by Owlsrayne 5 years ago
    Disney has ruined the Marvel Universe heroes, they kill off some favorite characters, emasculate others, change male to female from the comics. Star Wars isn't much better, ever since Lucas sold it to Disney they are trying their best to resocialize the storylines. As a male comic-book enthusiast, the male characters are harder to find. Being a martial artist I purchase older Jademan Comics (originally created in Hong Kong), the characters in those comics I can relate too.
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  • Posted by Russpilot 5 years ago
    I haven't had occasion to see Joker yet, but it is certainly among the films on my list to see if/when I ever get the time.
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  • Posted by Pecuniology 5 years ago
    “The value of a film that is like a theme park film, for example, the Marvel pictures, where the theaters become amusement parks. That’s a different experience. It’s not cinema. It’s something else.” —Martin Scorsese

    Mr. Scorsese prefers to turn the cinema into a reflection of his own soul: a bar fight in a slum.
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