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>> Irony ain't an easy way to communicate... >> >>I've noticed that many people just don't seem to "get it". They get >>stuck in seeing Fight Club as some kind of a fascist violence >>macho spectacle. > >well, but there IS some fascism in it. he DOES turn a bunch >of losers into a violent bunch. It wouldn't have noticed if >they just went around fuckin' with the property of the Man. >there's a whole dialectic of violence and bonding and redirection of >hate and aggression. > Although I felt very refreshed after I first saw FC in theatre, it occured to me when watching it on telly this week that it's not as anarchic, politically incorrect or antagonistic as it would like to appear to be. The word that started blaring in my mind while watching: "assimilation". FC is not supposed to inspire people into social unrest even though it's displaying acts of individual denouncing society, establishment and their values through tapping into his primal instincts, it's providing an outlet for the social discontent and a safe fantasy of having an active, countering role in society. By giving an illusion of revolution being possible, it fills the mental need for it - hence redirecting and calming the popular opinion. FC is a good movie and I enjoyed it very much. It should be realised, though, that FC is commenting on one extremity of western culture from within and that it has a specific role in the entertainment psychology. It's not enlightened social commentary - it's operating on the frontline of mass-biased popular culture and subliminal sedation of masses. Still, the idea of overflowing energetic life through abandoning chains of morality and realising natural essence, need and potential within self is almost Blakean. kvantti _____________________________________________________________ Web based email address that makes a statement! http://www.ilovejesus.net -- Need a web host for your domain? Get 200 MB as low as $8.95 at http://www.christianwebhost.com
