Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Avengers and the Culture Industry

Unemployed Negativity: Avenge Me: The Avengers and the Culture Industry

One could take this a bit further and argue that the film's central tactical political debate, should threats be dealt with by group of highly skilled individuals or by superior technology and firepower, can be understood as some afterimage of military strategy post 9/11. However, I was too distracted by the Hulk smashing things to really follow that logic. 

No dialectic without dialogue

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