11 July 2004
United States of Spider-Man
Posted by Andrew under: Geek Culture; U.S. National Politics .
Great New York Times piece about the United States of Spider-Man, here’s an excerpt:
Peter Parker could not be further removed from the hubristic bravura of Mr. Bush and his own cinematic model, the Tom Cruise of “Top Gun.” There’s nothing triumphalist about Spider-Man; he would never declare “Mission Accomplished” after a passing victory, and his very creed is antithetical to the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war. But neither is he a John Kerry. Whatever inner equivocation he suffers, he stops playing Hamlet when he has a decision to make. Nor does he follow Mr. Kerry’s vainglorious example of turning his own past battles into slick promotional hagiography.
- NYTimes, 7/11/04
