What is so special about
superhero movies? Isn’t it about some guy who wears his chaddies on top of his
tights! As much as we would like to spoof them, the reason these superhero
movies do well is not just special effects and fancy gadgets, it is the
underlying fact that the underdog sheds his inhibitions and goes on to save the
world, become popular and get a little romance along the way.
Don’t we wish there was a
magic wand or a spider or some kryptonite that could make us say, behave, do
all the things that we wanted to and without any fear of being ridiculed or
judgment?
When one has to describe
self in 3 words, one is always inhibited and says the politically correct words
like kind, generous, compassionate. The more adventurous go the self
depreciating way and throw in a lazy or experimental. But would you like to
come out and say what you are to a bunch of strangers? Don’t you want to
impress everybody here and say things which are accepted worldwide in beauty
pageants…like kind, generous and compassionate?
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Why is having a mask on
and not sharing your real feelings to random people seen in a bad light?
But then don’t some of us
put on a mask just to fit in, be polite, accepted so that we do not stick out
like a sore thumb amongst a bunch of conformists.
Sometimes one has to be a
bit inhibited to maintain the balance between outrage and comfortable. Most
other times one tends to be inhibited for fear of revealing too much. It is for
security, it is for acceptance, it is to blend in.
Isn’t that why Jim Carrey
in ‘The Mask’ leave a mark? Then why does the world worship the superhero?
1 comment:
Sometimes, its just about a geek/nerd/weakling fantasizing about beating up his bullies. There are a lot of them out there who find the concept of being a superhero appealing . The rest of it is just building from there :)
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