I have to agree. The simplistic, nationalist perspective is a blunt tool and makes for very weak fiction and storytelling. Even in the comic context.
--- On Mon, 7/14/08, ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: In Class With Hancock To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 7:32 AM I think Dr. Agozino is WAY off the mark on this one. Rather than perpetuating black sterotypes, HANCOCK is an afro-centric fable about why these dysfunctions exist. Hancock does not know who he is. Hancock does not know where he comes from. Hancock has been dispossessed and, in his depression and dispossession, he cannot achieve his greatness. This movie is brilliant. Even the way Hancock gets his name is resonant. ~rave! --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@ yahoogroups. com, "Chris Hayden" <belsidus2000@ ...> wrote: > > (In fanboy fashion, I wondered how, if he was an invulnerable > superhero, alchohol would make him drunk?) > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@ yahoogroups. com, "Chris Hayden" > <belsidus2000@ > wrote: > > > > IN CLASS WITH HANCOCK > > > > By Biko Agozino > >>> > > I asked the young men if they knew of any superhero who was > > unemployed, or an alcoholic, > > . Some young black men may see the movie and > > believe that abusing large bottles of whiskey might give them > > superpowers. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
