Geog/Film

Last week of blogging

A reminder that this is the last week of blogging. The week ends at 11:59 pm on R 12/5.

You should bring a shareable rough draft of your third Comparative Analysis to class on W 12/4.

Here are, belatedly, some topics for our discussion of X2. Feel free to comment.

Which characters embody mutation as marginalization?
Which can “pass”?
How does the film in particular show mutation as a metaphor for gayness/queerness?
How does Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) embody mutation as queerness?
Brian Cox as William Stryker - how does he embody prejudice against mutants?
How does the film show de-humanization of mutants?
Logan (Wolverine/Hugh Jackman) - how doe he embody the dehumanization of mutants?
How do mutant “powers” complicated the idea of mutants as marginalized? How does Magneto, in particular, (Ian McKellen) embody that complication? Which of the “good mutants” also embody this complication?