English 2017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cyborg, Pangs, Supranational Union
10 Apr 2018
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Iron man: from arms race and he represents america: after 911 (not to be confused with 711)- superhero films took on the discourse of post. ***almost all superhero films are about nationalism and usually american nationalism--> Spiderman as skillfully adjusted to an audience of teens: spiderman, unlike older superheroes, must always be learning to be an adult: his growth curve is consistently steep and culminates in mature knowledge and wisdom. Nolan"s batman as a complex mediation on vigilantism and state power, batman as reluctant vigilante; dark night as a post 9/11 film; the power of ordinary people is celebrated, but also. 9/11 bombers) and his understanding of manichaeism; batman"s realpolitik and paternalism (the use of the platonic noble lie : joker--philosophically an anarchist. Iron man as providing commentary on america"s contradictory positions on arms manufacture; Iron man as a kind of cyborg who moves away from the celebration of technology to an ambiguous critique of technology.
