Did you have smores? Those are very important to the drunk and exploded feeling of the July long weekend.
While I think that mutants have been made to stand for a lot of things over the years, Stan Lee said that Xavier was supposed to be like MLK, and the writers of this movie said that as well, and that Magneto was supposed to be like Malcolm X. Obviously they have some civil rights parallels in mind.
Mystique could just as well be a reference to passing as white, and "You want society to accept you, but you can't even accept yourself" reminded Jazz strongly of Malcolm X talking about hair straightening and internalised racism.
I would buy the argument the other way for X2 because it was more of a Singer (sp?) film, and there was the "Have you tried not being a mutant" conversation.
Could go either way. In either case, they treated the movement their aping like shit. Take your pick I guess.
You already know how I feel about going with Erik.
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Date: 2011-07-04 03:32 pm (UTC)While I think that mutants have been made to stand for a lot of things over the years, Stan Lee said that Xavier was supposed to be like MLK, and the writers of this movie said that as well, and that Magneto was supposed to be like Malcolm X. Obviously they have some civil rights parallels in mind.
Mystique could just as well be a reference to passing as white, and "You want society to accept you, but you can't even accept yourself" reminded Jazz strongly of Malcolm X talking about hair straightening and internalised racism.
I would buy the argument the other way for X2 because it was more of a Singer (sp?) film, and there was the "Have you tried not being a mutant" conversation.
Could go either way. In either case, they treated the movement their aping like shit. Take your pick I guess.
You already know how I feel about going with Erik.