I've been thinking a lot about the connections between how superhero stories depict the use of unaccountable power, and the stories of police brutality and abuse of power that are getting a lot more attention these days. It seems to me that superhero stories work hard to create villains that are immediately killable and situations where using excessive force is totally justified. Which is fine in fiction, but then I hear people talk about the murders of black people, or police violence against peaceful protesters, and it's the same language and the same justifications.
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yati
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Date: 2016-07-19 08:03 pm (UTC)