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roguederek

That's Not A Complaint

Aug 15, 2010 23:05

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jkarabella August 17 2010, 12:05:31 UTC

Aside from Iron Man being 47, what I really find amusing is he's actually a variant on the forms of masculinity presented by most of what I'm sure the psychologist considers "old school" heroes.

He's not overly muscled, he actually interacts with society on a man-to-man basis, he runs a company he essentially built up for himself (far larger than what it started anyway) and is epicurian in his pursuit of happiness.

Pretty stark contrast to Batman, Superman, Spiderman and Captain America.

roguederek August 17 2010, 17:39:19 UTC

I'd argue that Iron Man is very similar to Batman, the difference being that while Bruce Wayne trained and studied for years to become Batman, Tony Stark said "screw it, I'll build a suit."

Also, Tony Stark, when created, was heavily inspired by Howard Hughes. The eccentricity, the adventuring, the inventing, the incredible womanizing. Over the years he's taken on some subtle James Bond like mannerisms, but he's still pretty solidly Howard Hughes, pre-full blown agoraphobic isolation.

jkarabella August 18 2010, 12:40:23 UTC

Well that to me, is the most important part of "alternative view to masculinity"

Batman, Superman, Spiderman and Captain America all win fights by being physically superior to their opponents (why is Superman so buff?) and beating the crap out of them in close quarters.

Tony builds himself a suit that protects him and gives him weapons so he can take people down from a distance so he can avoid getting hurt.

Perhaps that's what they think will be harmful... him not going out of his way to get hurt more often.

roguederek August 18 2010, 23:42:38 UTC

The funny thing is that there complaints about Tony Stark are things that have made characters like James Bond so popular over decades. Most of this psychological backlash is because of the still overwhelming belief that all comics and superheroes are just for kids.

I'm actually surprised there wasn't more outrage from parental groups over Watchmen last year.

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