Kimstu
October 22, 2015, 3:29am
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Construct:
Again, Star Wars had white people, fascism, a hero with a thousand faces, etc. It was a great film and a great example of Western culture.
Of course, there’s nothing particularly “Western” about Joseph Campbell’s hypothesis of a worldwide “monomyth” involving the “hero with a thousand faces” .
The classic examples of such heroes in Campbell’s work include the myths of Osiris in Egypt and the Buddha in India. The crucial point of this fundamental “monomyth”, in Campbell’s argument, was that it was common to all humanity.
Which, one could argue, is one of the things that makes Star Wars such a classic and popular film: it deals with themes that are timeless and universal rather than specifically “Western”.
Well if he were alive I’m sure that’d be news to him.
Kimstu
October 22, 2015, 3:49am
103
IMDB bio of Eddie Byrne:
Eddie Byrne was born on January 31, 1911 in Birmingham, England. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and The Mummy (1959). He died on August 21, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland.
ETA: Oh I get it, it’s because I mistakenly said “British” instead of “Irish”. Byrne was born in Birmingham but he was of Irish descent, nationality, and residence. Sorry about that and thanks for the catch!
When is somebody going to proclaim, “Its A TRAP !”?
Mijin
October 22, 2015, 8:02am
106
I think the real problem of that far, far away galaxy is that many of the hottest females are blue or green.
j666
October 22, 2015, 11:10am
107
… roundly criticized for it.
People mocked Lucas that he had characters from all over the universe but no human of color appeared on screen.
Thank you.
Leaper
October 22, 2015, 11:11am
108
Oh, is that why Billy Dee Williams was cast as Lando Calrissian?
j666
October 22, 2015, 11:15am
109
That was suggested at the time, but I think that’s a bit insulting to Mr. Williams.
Gyrate
October 22, 2015, 11:50am
110
Kimstu:
Of course, there’s nothing particularly “Western” about Joseph Campbell’s hypothesis of a worldwide “monomyth” involving the “hero with a thousand faces” .
The classic examples of such heroes in Campbell’s work include the myths of Osiris in Egypt and the Buddha in India. The crucial point of this fundamental “monomyth”, in Campbell’s argument, was that it was common to all humanity.
Which, one could argue, is one of the things that makes Star Wars such a classic and popular film: it deals with themes that are timeless and universal rather than specifically “Western”.
And of course “Star Wars” was heavily influenced by Kurosawa’s “The Hidden Fortress”, which strangely had no white people in it at all.
Alessan
October 22, 2015, 12:18pm
111
If so, that proves affirmative action works, because I can’t imagine a white guy being as good.
Not so much “heavily influenced by” as “a sci-fi retelling of.” Which makes this part all the more amusing:
MeanJoe
October 22, 2015, 1:55pm
113
What. The. F-ck?
The shallow end of the gene pool is a bit cleaner this morning.
(Star Wars fan kills self over main character being black. Seriously.)
andros
October 22, 2015, 2:34pm
114
Per the link, his suicide note reads in part “I cannot live in a world being overran by Blacks.”
What a terrible fucking waste.
Here’s what I don’t get (actually, I don’t get any of this, but I get this least): if we measure cultural dominance by who gets cast in Star Wars movies, it seems obvious that the world is controlled by old white British guys.
Rigamarole:
How would it not? In any case, I’m not supporting the boycotters, but my point was that it’s ridiculous to imply that they’re the racist ones for bringing up that objection. I’ll go see the actual movie before I form an opinion.
Maybe I haven’t been paying attention, but I didn’t realize you were such a jackass.
I find it hard to believe that someone named Mr. Garrison could endure nearly 20 years of South Park but kills himself over this.
andros:
Per the link, his suicide note reads in part “I cannot live in a world being overran by Blacks.”
What a terrible fucking waste.
At least the waste is over in this one case.
Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge:
Maybe I haven’t been paying attention, but I didn’t realize you were such a jackass.
For more, check out his posts quoted in post #66 .
joyfool
October 22, 2015, 3:05pm
120
According to snopes:
…the article is a fake. At least there’s some hope for humanity after all.
Am I missing something? The existence of a different Eddie Byrne, for example? I are middle-aged geekoid and I do not pop-culture any goodly.