The Last Laugh: "Parasite," "Joker," "Dark Waters" and the Outcasts' Revenge

Autor/in	Beck, Bernard
Titel	The Last Laugh: "Parasite," "Joker," "Dark Waters" and the Outcasts' Revenge
Quelle	In: Multicultural Perspectives, 22 (2020) 2, S.79-81 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0960
DOI	10.1080/15210960.2020.1748995
Schlagwörter	Films; Subcultures; Cultural Pluralism; Disadvantaged; Resistance (Psychology); Victims + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Subculture; Subkultur; Kulturpluralismus; Resistenz; Victim; Opfer
Abstract	Subcultures can appear in multicultural societies not only by the contact of existing cultures but also by cultures that remain constant while the larger society changes. A recent movie, "Dark Waters," is an example of this process. "Parasite" and "Joker," two other recent movies, both Academy Award winners, differ from the first in the ways they present the process of subcultural development. "Dark Waters" shows a marginal community getting effective assistance from an established law firm, while "Parasite" and "Joker" show marginal subcultures that develop their own illegitimate methods of responding to marginalization, with disastrous results. The people with legal help remain bitter and pessimistic, while the people resorting to deviant resistance become cheerful and amused, untroubled by the mass homicide their comic attitude brings. (As Provided).
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