ATTN: NAYSAY - Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy @ the met.

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put down your w33d or work for a moment and lookie here:

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy | Special Exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

and this is what i was talking about with you last night:

Compared to their presence in World War II narratives, superheroes played a minor role in the mythologizing of the Cold War. An exception was the Hulk, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Debuting in May 1962, the Hulk was a response to fears inherent in the atomic age.After accidentally absorbing massive amounts of radiation, Dr. Bruce Banner undergoes a monstrous metamorphosis as the Hulk. At the time, little was known about the effects of atomic radiation on the human immune system. As the terrible by-product of nuclear science, the Hulk represented an escalation of this uncertainty to paranoiac proportions.

Beyond Cold War paranoia, however, the Hulk is also an embodiment of hegemonic masculinity. Indeed, the Hulk, in all his overstated supersolidity, incarnates adolescent fantasies of physical empowerment. Massively muscled, this stiffly posed pinup is forever frozen in a display of bodily strength. He also personifies pubescent metamorphosis. While phallic symbolism is implicit in the representation of most superheroes, it is made explicit in the case of the Hulk. With his thick neck, bulging tendons, and throbbing veins, he suggests the turgidity of male arousal.

anywho, i thought it was a good exhibit.
i bought a spiderman pop-up comic book there, too. lol(z).

*oh oh oh and btw!!! i figured out the little puzzle you posed me regarding la mouche espagnole, AIM at your convenience and i'll prove my wit.

[boy1der]

People that dress up as Super heroes really annoy those of us who are.

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Originally Posted by boy1der

People that dress up as Super heroes really annoy those of us who are.

Right.