Okay see yes and I would say that as hokey as you might find it there is actual literal "American mythology" that goes with the American civic religion that actually fits the definition of mythology much better than any fiction created for commercial media
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Ironically if you use the strict definition of "myth" in that sense then obviously superhero comics aren't myths The closest thing we have to "myths" in modern "pop culture" would be stuff like memes, and commercials (Now that's a hot take for you)
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I think Barthes' take on myth already covered that for you. The sign that acts as a signifier of a bigger signified myth = Mickey Mouse ears.
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Also, and I must reiterate the point - what folklore is created by a team of writers and animators for the explicit purpose of generating revenue for the creators through various revenue generating methods?
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Yeah, see, I used to be in the camp that this was unnecessarily picky about what "mythology" is but the longer the Disney juggernaut rolls on the more convinced I am that this is important
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