As a consumeristic society, doing or creating things that will sell, is a key conponent to success. In literature and film, this involves understanding what the people want to read and view and producing it in a convincing way. Romanticism based work has always been popular with a large amount of society and this is seen to have evolved into one particular character. This character or audiences love is the outsider character. In popular texts and films, this ‘out of line’ character is generally always a favourite. Writers and film makers have continued to develop and utilize this character and when this is studied, it says a great deal about the ideals of contemporary culture. The fact the outsider figure has become such a lucrative or profitable
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Secondly, this is portrayed through, “The Dark Knight”, directed by Christopher Nolan and released in 2008. Both of these examples play on the audience’s own desires and challenges their ideas on what is wrong and what is right and where the fine line between them lies.
A popular character in contemporary culture, Dexter Morgan is viewed by his audience in the highly rated crime drama television show, “Dexter”. This show first aired in 2006 and ended after 8 seasons in 2013. Deviancy is a common theme in outsider type characters, and they are the people who do not fit with societies norms. They deviate from ideals and are the sort of people we should not strive to be. Dexter is a criminal, and that is made clear as he murders people and uses his job position to help make this dissapear. This is clearly wrong and although the audience knows this, they are given another piece of information that challenges this idea of right and wrong. From a young age, Dexter has …show more content…
They deviate from normality and are potentially who people aspire to be, the hero. Younger children idolise them and a large amount of people contribute to the industry. These films sell and make up a huge portion of the outsider character. Every day heroes are noticed in society, but there is nothing quite like the figure of Batman, who goes to extraordinary measures to live up to the superhero character. The character of The Joker in this case, is the real outsider and he is the figure who portrays the real, raw concepts and ideals of society in a way that challenges both the other characters and the audience. As seen in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film, “The Dark Knight” , Gotham City is under the chaotic hand and threat of The Joker and in this particular film, the main goal of The Joker is simply mass destruction. In contemporary culture, money is an desireable ideal and the character of The Joker recognises and accepts this. He then uses the society wide, “fascination with money to create all kinds of temptations and conflicts, so that the police become just as corrupt as the criminals,” (Bellinger, 2009). The Joker is shown to be the best observer and perhaps representation of humanity in the film and the way he understands it resonates with the audience. Or perhaps it gives them the information they do not
Secondly, this is portrayed through, “The Dark Knight”, directed by Christopher Nolan and released in 2008. Both of these examples play on the audience’s own desires and challenges their ideas on what is wrong and what is right and where the fine line between them lies.
A popular character in contemporary culture, Dexter Morgan is viewed by his audience in the highly rated crime drama television show, “Dexter”. This show first aired in 2006 and ended after 8 seasons in 2013. Deviancy is a common theme in outsider type characters, and they are the people who do not fit with societies norms. They deviate from ideals and are the sort of people we should not strive to be. Dexter is a criminal, and that is made clear as he murders people and uses his job position to help make this dissapear. This is clearly wrong and although the audience knows this, they are given another piece of information that challenges this idea of right and wrong. From a young age, Dexter has …show more content…
They deviate from normality and are potentially who people aspire to be, the hero. Younger children idolise them and a large amount of people contribute to the industry. These films sell and make up a huge portion of the outsider character. Every day heroes are noticed in society, but there is nothing quite like the figure of Batman, who goes to extraordinary measures to live up to the superhero character. The character of The Joker in this case, is the real outsider and he is the figure who portrays the real, raw concepts and ideals of society in a way that challenges both the other characters and the audience. As seen in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film, “The Dark Knight” , Gotham City is under the chaotic hand and threat of The Joker and in this particular film, the main goal of The Joker is simply mass destruction. In contemporary culture, money is an desireable ideal and the character of The Joker recognises and accepts this. He then uses the society wide, “fascination with money to create all kinds of temptations and conflicts, so that the police become just as corrupt as the criminals,” (Bellinger, 2009). The Joker is shown to be the best observer and perhaps representation of humanity in the film and the way he understands it resonates with the audience. Or perhaps it gives them the information they do not