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Sun, 2009-07-19 18:02
Image from Scott Meyer’s BasicInstructions.com. Click for larger version on the original site.
In his first installment Meyers said “Many classic monsters are exaggerated male archetypes. That’s why both women and men can relate to their stories.” In notes for this comment he says, “This particular rabbit hole goes down a bit further than I had anticipated.”
I enjoy reading Basic Instructions. I’m attached to the idea that movie monsters further exaggerate our stereotypes of male behavior. I don’t have Meyer’s deep but accessible cynical sense of humor so I’m enjoying his taxonomy lessons.
