mass media has almost recreated the "public and shared" moods that formed the emotional environment of Homeric Greece. in place of their gods, we have nationwide tv spectacleshttps://twitter.com/aaronzlewis/status/1138339363857870849 …
Well the Greeks of course were big on spectacle too - they invented the idea that theatre should be cathartic for the audience. Super heroes are the new god characters for narrative purposes. Oedipus and Tony Stark are essentially identical.
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we’ve got the whole Avengers pantheon and we spent billions on it
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Exactly
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