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Mythology has served various purposes over the course of human history. This is referring specifically to modern superhero culture which may be derived from myt
by cbron 7y ago
Mythology has served various purposes over the course of human history. This is referring specifically to modern superhero culture which may be derived from mythology but isn't comparable to it.
- Forge36 7y agoMaybe we've just replaced gods with fictional stories? I think the two can still be talked about (HBO is making American Gods about mythology as written and updated by Neil Gaiman)
- C1sc0cat 7y agoOk so persuade us - that's a very big statement to make there
- cbron 7y agoreligion != entertainment
- PaulHoule 7y agoDepends. The first two seasons of Pretty Cure looked like religious education to me. The first season was about Shinto and the second about Confucianism. The series systematically worked through about how you would feel about your place, your town, nature, the people around you, history, work, community, etc.
- marcosdumay 7y agoThat statement is not as obvious as it seems at first. Cinema in particular is way more similar to temple sermons than it seems at first.
- PaulHoule 7y ago"Not comparable" is the favorite phrase of the snob. Roger Ebert thinks that video games are "not comparable" to movies. Scorsese thinks the movies he make that mine negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans are "not comparable" to superhero movies. (Funny how you find so many Italian-Americans working construction jobs but not so many making films...) There was a "making of" feature in the 1960s Marvel Comics where Stan Lee was talking on the phone and said "How can he say it was a cheesy story? I ripped it off from the best classic I could find!" Similarly it's just as fair to say that Shakespeare was like Joss Whedon than the converse.