Just as the Greek myths grew out of the culture of Greece, a culture has developed around the medium of comic books. Where many people today have forgotten the old myths to a great extent, many comics retell and reinvent the classic myths for a contemporary audience. Some comic books, like the original wave of heroes by Stan Lee and company, were done in response to nuclear power and the fears that many had when it first was ignited. While many characters do wear spandex as opposed to being nude, almost all comic book heroes have exaggerated human characteristics and often come to represent some principle or ideal, just like many of the Greek gods and heroes once did.
Category Archives: Mr. C’s Way-back Machine
Kindertransport
April 21, 2005
Hitler and the Holocaust TR 9:30
“Kause when the Children Kry…”
During this play, three songs went through my head. The last one was When the Children Cry. The other two, to my knowledge, go as follows:
Runaway Train on a one way track. Runaway Train never coming back…
Runaway, Runaway and save your life, runaway, run away, runaway and say goodbye.
Together, they describe what I saw in this play.
Oldman Washington
The Prophet Eli
Critique of THE BOOK OF ELI
We had too much. We threw away things that we kill each other for now. We didn’t know what was truly precious.
-Eli
That book is power. It can control the weak minded. It happened before. It’ll happen again.
-Carnegie
The only actors that I knew going into this movie were the acclaimed Gary Oldman and Denzel Washington. That is fitting for me, because they embody God and Satan in a meta-realistic way. They are highly recognizable faces and names, although their characters, demeanors, their very definitions change from context to context. But they also embody other things.
Carla and Daniel
Disability of Carla and Daniel
Semi-Critique of THE OTHER SISTER
The movie that I watched was The Other Sister. The movie is primarily about a young lady, named Carla, and her reintroduction into her family. She, and boy friend Daniel, both have some kind of mental handicap. The movie shows their trials within the lives that they lead, and the way in which family and other people react to them. Carla and Daniel are the main protagonists, and are portrayed by the actors as highly sympathetic ones at that. They are the underdogs to root for as the drama unfolds, until in the climax, it is Carla, the disabled outcast of the family, who tries to reach out to as many people as she can, regardless of who or what they are.
