Politics 🤡 Donald Trump

[MrFrankWhite]

Folk tales and myths can be universal, all cultures have the same archetypes, does anyone really care about the race of fictional characters?

Exhibit A

Funny but Maui is māori

 

[Worried2Death]

Exhibit A

Ever watch Jo Campbell's Power of Myth? There seem to be universal archetypes that differ on the details.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Ever watch Jo Campbell's Power of Myth? There seem to be universal archetypes that differ on the details.

Okay so why does that invalidate cultural identity? Just because 2 mythologies share origin story archetypes , they cant be culturally unique?

 

[Worried2Death]

Okay so why does that invalidate cultural identity? Just because 2 mythologies share origin stories, they aren't culturally unique?

Sure they can, no one's stopping Cliff Curtis playing Maui are they?

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Sure they can, no one's stopping Cliff Curtis playing Maui are they?

Can he play his Mexican character and do it?

"Ehh foo, I yanked up this sun essay"

 

[Worried2Death]

Can he play his Mexican character and do it?

"Ehh foo, I yanked up this sun essay"

Looks like a shit movie, they'll never make their money back. I'll only see it if Taika writes and directs it.

Anyway, do you like Joseph Campbell

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Joseph Campbell

Havent read him. But either his work is derivative or someone else is, pretty around the general theory (not his per se)