After last week’s Cameron discussion we decided it was finally time to induct this film into the official Chapo Canon: it’s been a long time coming but here’s the AVATAR episode. Join us as we examine the most anti-imperialist blockbuster of the 21st century, argue that its subversiveness is precisely why this massive hit “made no cultural impact,” and explain how Avatar teaches us to shed our baby selves as we confront America’s role as the 9/11 do-er.
Wasn't Cameron's liberal fawning for allegorical indigenous and poor people in his films a form of capital recuperation of problems created by capital? By the act of enjoying a film selling us whining about the Iraq war, the American audience can feel relieved of responsibility for it. The only thing his film achieved was an extra 10 years of life for cinemas.
Wasn't Cameron's liberal fawning for allegorical indigenous and poor people in his films a form of capital recuperation of problems created by capital? By the act of enjoying a film selling us whining about the Iraq war, the American audience can feel relieved of responsibility for it. The only thing his film achieved was an extra 10 years of life for cinemas.