And, hello, Sociological images, not, I don't know, NakedAndWet or VincentChaseinIceCreamTopping.com(What? no, there isn't such a site, but if there were, I'd have bookmarks.) That person flunks reading comprehension, too.

And, hello, Sociological images, not, I don't know, NakedAndWet or VincentChaseinIceCreamTopping.com

I'm sayin'! And it's multiple people, often doing the same thing over and over again over the course of months. And each time they seem sincerely surprised and baffled that these sociology PhDs still haven't taken their advice and retitled the site "LOLCATS and Boobies Yay!"

Hey Erika! Yes, we're bringing the Hat back. I'm posting a call for submissions this very month. In fact, I should post it today.

Sociological images

Love that place if only because I have just been introduced to a Ewan/Chiwetel version of Othello. WANT!

of course you do...who wouldn't? Cool, Corwood, bunk.

'Cause I enjoyed Die Hard and I don't feel that I've lost my credentials as an intelligent being by snickering at the obvious jokes and impossible stunts

I don't think analyzing a movie means "judging it solely on how realistic it is, since that is what makes movies good."

I'd probably take "That was fun," as a good starting-point for conversation. Because then you start thinking about, well, what made it so much fun? Why are many similar action movies not as fun? What did it do differently? And so on.

There's plenty to analyze about Die Hard if you want to. The whole nature of structuralist critique is to provide a tool to address texts which are not just capital-A "ART!" Any cultural product is going to be informed by layers and layers of intended and unintended meanings which reflect on the biases of the culture and the creators.

To note just an obvious example, Bewitched can easily be read as the tensions of being gay and passing as straight in a repressive American culture. A point which is almost explicit in the show considering how incredibly gay the cast was.

Men, Women and Chainsaws is a classic critique of slasher movies which overturned a lot of feminist thinking on the genre.

Bewitched can easily be read as the tensions of being gay and passing as straight in a repressive American culture.

I say this with all love--some people have too much time on their hands.

Still, I wouldn't say that on a website where the stated purpose is to scan popular culture to find the subtexts that explore how gayness is dealt with, especially in less tolerant eras. Hell, I might pay money to join a website that did that sort of thing. I've got a pair of Thinky Boots, too, right beside the Yay, Things Blow Up! Boots.

I've got a pair of Thinky Boots, too, right beside the Yay, Things Blow Up! Boots.

Heh.

Both of those boots are hot!