Re: New article at metaphim

From: James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 11:15:56 EDT

Daniel, that's a pretty big interpretive leap of my article. No, calls
to "remember 9/11" weren't described by me as a call to vengeance. I
was just providing background for the ideas being presented.

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

> So you assume the call to remember 9/11 is call for vengeance? When
> people encourage each other to remember, it is no different than the
> guilt free Lion King Type vengeance? Interesting leap Jim. There are
> other reasons for remembering. To assume that everyone's reason has
> the same motivation seems to bring us back to our discussion about
> valid and invalid generalizations. Do we want to remember that in all
> it's glory?
> Daniel
>
> Check out my new article at Metaphilm: "/The Lion King/:
> /Hamlet/and the Myth of Happy Vengeance."
>
> It argues that Disney's /The Lion King /is a reworking of
> Shakespeare's /Hamlet/ that reinforces the idea of vengeance as a
> real solution to problems, rather than the final act of a tragic
> chain of events.
>
> http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=184_0_2_0_M
>
> Jim Rovira
>

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