Bite Me, Deconstructionists

[the_gneech]

Wanna tear apart a genre or even just a franchise? Want to expose a paternalistic and imperialist undercurrent to the superhero genre? Want to blast Star Wars for being a thinly-veiled divine-right monarchy? Want to deride Tolkien for being twee and reactionary? Want to stick it to the steampunkers for not wringing their hands enough about whatever injustice of the period comes between the axe and your particular grindstone?

Consider the possibility that you might be an insufferably self-important tosspot and HAVE A NICE HOT CUP OF STFU INSTEAD.

-The Gneech

Comments

[kevinjdog.livejournal.com]

Deconstruction is what makes MST 3K great, though. ;)

It has its place in a balanced study of storytelling and art. When it gets insufferably self-righteous as you say is when asshats making blanket judgments based on one incredibly subjective aspect.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

I see we read the same blogs today.

... but wait, no words for the people who blast Sparkly Vampire Romances as glorifying creepy stalkers and empty-headed protagonists?

[lookingaround17.livejournal.com]

Yup, wherever the folks want to be pretentious, things are gonna suck, and not in a good way. To me, pointing out that some story/work "could be seen as fill-in-the-blahblah from one viewpoint" is fine; to be utterly ego-wanky all over it is yuck.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

THIS... Thank you.

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

You hadn't heard? Deconstructionists themselves are a franchise! ;)