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)

 

[Worried2Death]

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

Was a pretty good tv series in the 80s, the Power of Myth, think it's still up on YouTube. One of those programs that makes you think you've briefly grasped the immensity of the universe, like Steve Hawking's book. (Before he was on epstein island though).

 

[Shogun]

Exhibit A

I think there's a difference between fictional characters in cultures and fictional characters in fantasy books if we go back to where this started with Snow White, Harry Potter, the Little Mermaid & Annie.

Whether it's Arnie or the Rock playing Hercules doesn't bother me.
whether it's Arnie or Momoa playing Conan doesn't bother me
& when we get a black James Bond it won't bother me

 

[Worried2Death]

The US seems paralysed right now over the Epstein case, waiting for Trump to do a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell before Congress goes back in September. What a time to be alive.

 

[Shogun]

If I was in Scotland I'd have the sign DEPORT TRUMP

 

[Worried2Death]

If I was in Scotland I'd have the sign DEPORT TRUMP