Re:Who gets to define what’s ‘racist?’ (2020)
by jessaustin on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:40PM
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You must not be a DC Comics fan? It's often useful to the plot for the protagonist to be separated completely from normal concerns (and support systems). In our crowded modern world, the hero's journey can't really be into the wild. Of course we'd all like less hackneyed plots, but it's not a perfect world...
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