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I think super-heroes and religion are indivisible. I think they're indivisible from Superman.
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Respect wears off, fear doesn't. Familiarity breeds contempt. Terror is eternal. I don't believe I just said that. I've clearly had too much to drink already.
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The super-hero is something that I think people struggle to make intensely apolitical. But it cannot help but be political, because the classical role of the super-hero is constantly to return to the status quo. The super-hero cannot help but be a figure for conservatism.
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ELLIS: The mad scientist is privy to a certain, very special kind of wisdom, which is their own voice in the back of their heads saying, "Yes, do it! More power! Throw the switch!" THURMAN: Are they more enlightened because of that? ELLIS: God, no! (laughs) God, no, they just have focus. Ambition is a rare thing these days."
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MEANEY: Do you ever miss having that being-out-in-the-world job environment? ELLIS: God, no. Have you ever been out in the world? It's full of fucking people. If there's one thing I hate, it's people.
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In a funny way, you could say he taught me how to write super-hero comics. He said, "What you do is you take a soap opera, and you take out all the sex scenes and replace them with people punching each other. That's it. It's the same structure."
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