Deconstructing a Dangerous Mind
White, male and unafraid of darkness… this has been the type of hero commonly presented to audiences since the time of heroes began. Has it changed? Jerome Kaino explores…
Modern day films present us with an array of different hero who don’t fulfil the stereotypical view of a hero. Margery Hourihan, writer of the article, Deconstructing the Hero positions us to view heroes as male, white and unafraid of darkness. This view is however out of date. In John Smith’s Dangerous Minds we are presented with a different type of hero who doesn’t fit all the criteria set by Margery Hourihan.
Margery Hourihan's definition of a hero is very stereotypical. Her view of a hero is young, white, male, dominant, symbolic of the elite and unafraid of darkness. She also comments that the hero is a man of action who expresses his nature through skill, courage, dominance and determination. This view is very out dated. Heroes in present day cinema do not usually......
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