pop culture
Representations of mental health in pop culture; dissect and discuss popular psychology, mental illness stigmas, and media depictions.
Comparing the Psychological Profiles of Two Villain's Mothers
My fans (readers of my online writing) know that I enjoy the comic book inspired movies and shows put out by DC and Marvel. I was making a joke today about how Superman can not be true to the comic book scripts about him anymore because the modern setting just doesn't allow him to be the Superman we all know and love from the comic books. No payphones? Yeah, Superman is done. However, Batman and The Xmen can still do lots of stuff in the modern world even if their comic books were written long ago. Though I haven't written a review yet on the great recent release of "Deadpool and Wolverine" I do want to discuss what I've been noticing about the Max show "Penguin" and the Todd Phillips film "Joker". Both depictions (of Arthur and of Oz) show us very profound characters (their mothers) who were a significant piece of the psychological mystery of villain development. I would like to share my analysis as I profile both Arthur's mother and Oz's mother in comparative form.
By Shanon Angermeyer Normanabout a year ago in Psyche












