This goes back to “perspective” in fiction (and history), and why it is structurally impossible to tell an anti-war film from the perspective of a soldier who is blowing things up in battle; why it’s not really a subversion or critique to have an antihero who does horrible things be a protagonist; why you cannot […]
It’s worth noting that it certainly wasn’t always like this. In fact, the reason why so many early comic creators were Jewish Americans is that, like the film industry before it, Jews couldn’t get jobs in traditional media fields with established gatekeepers. And, wouldn’t you know it, early superheroes fought more than just “crime” back […]