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The Tragedy of the Creative Commons: On Superheroes and Modern Mythology
Whenever a critic complains about the ubiquity or the creative emptiness of superhero narratives in contemporary pop culture, fans argue back that mass entertainment is just the modern incarnation of our rich cultural heritage: superheroes are mythology, and fandom is folklore. Is this true, or is this a way to flatten the complexities of traditional art while giving commercial media a spiritual significance it does not deserve?
Karlo Yeager Rodríguez joins us.
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About Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.
The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.
Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique.
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Whenever a critic complains about the ubiquity or the creative emptiness of superhero narratives in contemporary pop culture, fans argue back that mass entertainment is just the modern incarnation of our rich cultural heritage: superheroes are mythology, and fandom is folklore. Is this true, or is this a way to flatten the complexities of traditional art while giving commercial media a spiritual significance it does not deserve?
Karlo Yeager Rodríguez joins us.
Links:
Podside’s Patreon
As the Shore to the Tides, So Blood Calls to Blood
MP Writes to Disney over Spider-Man Gravestone Dispute
Against Presentism
The Monster in The Green Knight Should Be Sexier
Comic Book Superheroes: The Gods of Modern Mythology
Superhero Films Are Bad for Democracy
Disney and Pixar’s Female Characters All Have the Same Face
Disney, Copyright Law, and Spider-Man
The Tragedy of ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’
Puerto Ricans Citizens Protest Developer’s Beach Project
“I hate that they called a 14 century poem a franchise so much.”
IKEA unveils surreal, terrifying Pride sofas and the memes are impeccable
About Rite Gud: Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction and Gardner Dozois’ The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producing Rite Gud for KS Media, LLC. Rite Gud is a Kittysneezes production. If you have questions, comments and concerns, email ritegud – at – kittysneezes – dot – com. Rite Gud is also on Patreon, at patreon.com/ritegud. Patrons receive access to the official Kittysneezes Discord, exclusive episodes, critiques and more.
The Rite Gud theme is by Surgeryhead. Follow them on Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.
Rite Gud is supported by readers like you. If you enjoy what you’ve read here, please consider supporting Rite Gud on Patreon, or via the Kittysneezes Boutique.
The post The Tragedy of the Creative Commons: On Superheroes and Modern Mythology by Matt Keeley appeared first on Kittysneezes.