IMO, the strength and weakness of The Mutant Metaphor is that it works for many disenfranchised groups
I can't disagree. I think I liked X-Men as outsiders because... I Was A Teenage Outsider. I've seen them used as a metaphor for most movements, but not Jewishness (that said I will pull out one of my favourite New Mutant issues here: Kitty's "We Were Only Foolin'" speech, so it all works).
(Also, Dark Phoenix is about Kabballah)
I have somehow never read the Dark Phoenix saga completely, and my knowledge of the Kabballah is limited, but I am actually surprised.
Maybe when the MCU Fantastic Four movie comes out, Aunt Petunia's ever-lovin' blue-eyed boy will get the respect he deserves?
I am not sure he can get any respect. As soon as he wins, he loses. Really, if Ben had retired in Secret Wars, the character would have been better served. Comics allows only limited evolution.
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Date: 2024-04-26 02:32 pm (UTC)I can't disagree. I think I liked X-Men as outsiders because... I Was A Teenage Outsider.
I've seen them used as a metaphor for most movements, but not Jewishness (that said I will pull out one of my favourite New Mutant issues here: Kitty's "We Were Only Foolin'" speech, so it all works).
(Also, Dark Phoenix is about Kabballah)
I have somehow never read the Dark Phoenix saga completely, and my knowledge of the Kabballah is limited, but I am actually surprised.
Maybe when the MCU Fantastic Four movie comes out, Aunt Petunia's ever-lovin' blue-eyed boy will get the respect he deserves?
I am not sure he can get any respect. As soon as he wins, he loses. Really, if Ben had retired in Secret Wars, the character would have been better served. Comics allows only limited evolution.