BLOQUE 4. FRANK MILLER AND ZACK SNYDER: 300

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BATTLE OF THE

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THERMOPYLAE

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BATTLE FOUGHT IN

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3 DAYS - 400BC

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2ND

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PERSIAN INVASION OF GREECE

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LAST STAND

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300 SPARTANS

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THE 2006 MOVIE WAS DIRECTED BY

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ZACK SNYDER

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THE 2006 MOVIE IS

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SHOT-FOR-SHOT ADAPTATION OF 300

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THE COMIC BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN

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1998

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THE COMIC BOOK IS A

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FICTIONAL RETELLING OF THE BATTLE OF THE THERMOPYLAE AND PREVIOUS EVENTS

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THE COMIC BOOK PRESENTS THE PERSPECTIVE OF

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LEONIDAS OF SPARTA

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THE ROMANTICIZING OF THE

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SPARTAN IDEAL

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THE FILM FALSELY PORTRAYS THE

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GRECO-PERSIAN WARS IN BINARY TERMS - US VS. OTHER

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THIS IS NOT MERE ABLEISM, THIS IS

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ANTI-DISABILITY

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EUGENICS =

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Advocating the improvement of human genetic traits through the promotion of higher reproduction of people with desired traits

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EUGENICS IS DONE

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FOR MILITARY REASONS, FOR THE GREATER GOOD: NATION, FREEDOM AND THE SPARTAN FAMILY

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EUGENICS CAN BE SIMPLIFIED IN

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GENETIC CLEANSING

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The Arab world is

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the region gave the world three major religions, a language and an alphabet

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The Arab stereotype is

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the stranger - xenophobia

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The cinema’s hateful Arab stereotypes of

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abuses in earlier times

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THE ENEMY IS

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EVERYONE THAT IS NOT CAUCASIAN

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Power is NOT

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NATIVE to these women

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Queen Gorgo and Artemisia ARE ALL

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RAPE SURVIVORS

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Women are

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victims who seek to overcome their own victimhood through acts and vengeance

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WOMEN’S STRENGTHS NOT
BUT

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NOT INNATE IN THEMSELVES
BUT AWOKEN IN THE VENGEFUL RAGE

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In 300 Comic book, Queen Gorgo

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exists more than a phantom

bring Gorgo to the narrative’s centre for his adaptation, allowing her an active role

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In 300 Comic book, Gorgo's final victory is

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attained only after her power is stripped AFTER THERON RAPES HER, SHE ATTAINS FINAL VENGEANCE

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THE ISSUE OF SNYDER'S NARRATIVE IS

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A WOMAN'S POWER IS NOT NATIVE AND CAN ONLY BE DRIVEN OUT OF TOTAL DISEMPOWERMENT AND SUFFERING

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POWER IS NOT NATURALLY BORN TO

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QUEEN GORGO

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QUEEN GORGO:

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- Married to King Leonidas - Produces 'real men' - Her empowerment derives from her being a rape survivor, overcoming her victimhood

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HISTORICAL INACCURACIES Sparta

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1st city to practice nudity AND formalize pederasty

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HISTORICAL INACCURACIES Explicit sexual nature

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of the relationships between an older male and an adolescent

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CRITICAL RESPONSE The film falsely portrays

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the Greco-Persian wars in binary terms: Us vs. Other

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XERXES =

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KING OF PERSIANS DARK VERY TALL ENCODED AS HOMOSEXUAL

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THE FILM NEUTRALIZES

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THE HOMOSEXUAL TENSION

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'US AGAINST THEM' RETHORIC

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US - Spartans USA THEM - Persians Iran WHITE VS. NON-WHITE

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Subservience to Xerxes, but connoted

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as a request for oral sex

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LEONIDAS AND GORGO

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EROTIC CONTEXT SEX BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

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300 IS AN

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ASSERTION OF THE FILM'S HETEROSEXUALITY

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300 PROSCRIBES

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MALE-MALE ATTRACTION

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Miller - Comic Book:

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portrays Leonidas merely as the dutiful king

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Snyder - 2006 Movie:

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Leonidas as an affectionate father and husband

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'Only Spartan women

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give birth to real men'

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SARAH POMERY MENTIONS THAT

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SPARTAN WOMEN ARE NOT LIBERATED BUT HAD BETTER LIVES THAN WOMEN IN OTHER GREEK CITY-STATES

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Initial scenes of Spartan-Persian interaction:

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differences in male and female terms

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Gorgo's reproductive capacity =

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Gorgo's ability to enter into the male-dominated world