deconstructing Ursa
28 Mar 2010 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaigouThere's no point in deconstructing Ursa, because there's no use in deconstructing a stereotype. The only thing you get is plot holes, plot devices, and the sad reminder that american media hasn't really come a long way, baby.
Over dinner this evening:
Me: ...I wasn't truly annoyed with the character, so much as with the fact that the character was a stereotype. I kept wanting depth and getting none, and that just annoyed me even more.
CP: Snake in the grass. "You knew I was a snake when you picked me up..."
Me: No, more like, "You knew I was nothing more than a drawing of a snake. Why are you now getting annoyed that you didn't get bitten?"
Over dinner this evening:
Me: ...I wasn't truly annoyed with the character, so much as with the fact that the character was a stereotype. I kept wanting depth and getting none, and that just annoyed me even more.
CP: Snake in the grass. "You knew I was a snake when you picked me up..."
Me: No, more like, "You knew I was nothing more than a drawing of a snake. Why are you now getting annoyed that you didn't get bitten?"