Summary of Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon’s “Heroes and Villains” In Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon’s “Heroes and Villains”, heroes are summarized as the beautiful people and creatures saving the world while the villains are the ugly people and creatures trying to be the demise of the heroes with very few exceptions. Solomon and Maasik state that, being a hero and a villain is “coded by his or her physical attractiveness” (443). Sauron and the Orcs from The Lord of The Rings are hideous, signifying that they are the evil villains trying to take over the land (442). Good looking characters such as the toned and “tall dark and handsome” Batman are out to do well in the world (442). An “uncommon gambit” in the subject of “Heroes and Villains” is Shrek (442). Shrek goes against the mold of the
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Antiheros are the protagonist that do bad or immoral things to get the positive outcome they want as well as never being that “someone who is worse in the room” (443). Walter White is an antihero that is recognizable by readers as someone who does immoral things like making meth but he deals with many people that are “far worse” than him (443). Antiheroes are the subject of T.V shows while superheroes such as Superman are only commonly subjects of cinemas (444). The presence of antiheroes creates “controversial and complex” topics compared to superheroes (444). Due to the effects of drugs and war on society, directors conceived a new type of villain, a “Capitalist Villain” (445). Solomon and Maasik state that CEO’s and extremely rich people are “insiders” instead of the common “outsiders” portrayed by normal villains (445). Events like the Vietnam War made Americans the outsiders which created a “moral quagmire” that was a problem for Americans to distinguish good from bad (446). T.V is a stage for shows and channels that are moral quagmires within themselves (446). M*A*S*H tells the
Antiheros are the protagonist that do bad or immoral things to get the positive outcome they want as well as never being that “someone who is worse in the room” (443). Walter White is an antihero that is recognizable by readers as someone who does immoral things like making meth but he deals with many people that are “far worse” than him (443). Antiheroes are the subject of T.V shows while superheroes such as Superman are only commonly subjects of cinemas (444). The presence of antiheroes creates “controversial and complex” topics compared to superheroes (444). Due to the effects of drugs and war on society, directors conceived a new type of villain, a “Capitalist Villain” (445). Solomon and Maasik state that CEO’s and extremely rich people are “insiders” instead of the common “outsiders” portrayed by normal villains (445). Events like the Vietnam War made Americans the outsiders which created a “moral quagmire” that was a problem for Americans to distinguish good from bad (446). T.V is a stage for shows and channels that are moral quagmires within themselves (446). M*A*S*H tells the