Amelie is a graduate student who is writing her thesis, a creative project about the nature of music and its influence on the personal/social setting. When she's not getting thrills (or seasick) from surfing the waves of "inspirado," she is getting seasick from the news media and its muses, which never stop amazing her with predictability. Sometimes, writing doesn't help this sickness, so she schedules regular dates with a punching bag. This helps for a while. http://ameliekatrina./ en-us Webligo BlogHoster For about five months now, I've been getting free issues of <em>Rolling Stone</em> and <em>Entertainment Weekly</em> in the mail. I have a theory that either my credit card company or my university sold my address, but I have no evidence to support this (other than the fact that I started getting them shortly after I applied for my final round of student loans).<br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /> &quot;I can't wait to get another free magazine with Obama or Batman on the cover.&quot;<br /> <br /> This is what I caught myself saying yesterday evening. Think about it. Obama is Batman:<br /> 1. He wants to do good for the public, but he's got a dark past.<br /> 2. He's attractive, muscular, and well-spoken.<br /> 3. He arrived on the media scene out of nowhere, getting elected to the Senate only four years ago, surprising everyone.<br /> 4. The media is infatuated with him.<br /> <br /> Now, it's true that the media is not making this connection directly. There is no babble on CNN about Obama having superpowers (although to watch Katie Couric's worshipful interviews with him is nauseating; when he answered her questions in the Middle East I thought she was about to offer a sacrifice up to him), he isn't out to get revenge for a loved one's death, and he can't fly.<br /> <br /> But. Like all politicians, he must have two identities -- one for the camera, one for closed-door meetings. He isn't white, which gives him an overall darker visage, especially in the eyes of white people. Batman refuses to kill, and Obama (as it appears) refuses to participate in dirty politics. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Think about film theory, and the historical parallels of escapist film during times of war (ex: Rogers and Hammerstein during WWII). If we can assign societal context to commercial blockbusters (and I do this often; take for example the new <em style="">X-Files</em>&rsquo; showing of a light, shiny, disinfected stem-cell operation in contrast with an illegal, barbaric, full head transplant) then Batman is the youthful, honest, hard-working hope of America. Too bad it&rsquo;s just entertainment.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sponsored by EnterTo.com the first REAL <a href="http://mail.enterto.com/signup.html">spam free email</a><br /> <br />Click Below to discover and share content from anywhere on the web<br /> <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script> http://ameliekatrina.3steps.com/17541/