Comments on: Colonial Ghosts http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:20:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Douglas Haddow http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Douglas Haddow Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:58:59 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1102 Krystal Funny you mention that - I read that exact passage from "In Defence of Lost Causes" just a few hours before you commented. Krystal

Funny you mention that – I read that exact passage from “In Defence of Lost Causes” just a few hours before you commented.

]]> By: Colonial Ghosts « http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Colonial Ghosts « Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:25:03 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1097 [...] adventures, Tintin in the Congo. I won’t rehash everything written, as you should go and read the entry for yourself, but the gist is that there has been resounding criticism as of late directed towards this book [...] [...] adventures, Tintin in the Congo. I won’t rehash everything written, as you should go and read the entry for yourself, but the gist is that there has been resounding criticism as of late directed towards this book [...]

]]> By: Rafferty http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Rafferty Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:47:16 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1096 in a Tintin comic I read long ago, maybe it was the Congo one, Tintin sneaks up on a rhinoceros, makes a hole in its thick skin with a hand drill, and puts dynamite in the hole. BLAM! in a Tintin comic I read long ago, maybe it was the Congo one, Tintin sneaks up on a rhinoceros, makes a hole in its thick skin with a hand drill, and puts dynamite in the hole. BLAM!

]]> By: Krystal http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Krystal Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:58:47 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1091 I don't agree that in the time or context in which they were written they were meant to be satirical and Herge even apologized at one point in the sixties for their racist nature? no? But what seems interesting to me is the opposite point, they make the Zizekean claim that laughter and irony are not automatically on the side of the oppressed. His argument reminds us to forget the thought that power takes itself seriously and laughter is liberating. There is also a cynical totalitarian laughter. "Power needs obscene comedy to reproduce itself." I don’t agree that in the time or context in which they were written they were meant to be satirical and Herge even apologized at one point in the sixties for their racist nature? no? But what seems interesting to me is the opposite point, they make the Zizekean claim that laughter and irony are not automatically on the side of the oppressed. His argument reminds us to forget the thought that power takes itself seriously and laughter is liberating. There is also a cynical totalitarian laughter. “Power needs obscene comedy to reproduce itself.”

]]> By: Douglas Haddow http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Douglas Haddow Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:49:46 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1090 I do believe that they are indeed meant to be understood as mostly satirical. I do believe that they are indeed meant to be understood as mostly satirical.

]]> By: Glitterati_Duane http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 Glitterati_Duane Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:25:13 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1087 Great post Great post

]]> By: travis. http://pblks.com/2009/09/colonial-ghosts/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 travis. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:43:10 +0000 http://pblks.com/?p=1856#comment-1086 when looking at the comics without reading an analysis of them i find them to be satirical, in a way. However, is it right to assume that that this is a wrong assumption? when looking at the comics without reading an analysis of them i find them to be satirical, in a way. However, is it right to assume that that this is a wrong assumption?

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