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 |  Subject: What Princess Leia Says About Us, An Evil Emperor, The Dark Side, And The Force  Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:42 am | |
| What Princess Leia Says About Us, An Evil Emperor, The Dark Side, And The Force
December 29, 2016 by SkyWatch Editor
 We applaud self-sufficient heroes, especially when they are women. Audiences cheered when Princess Leia shot Imperial stormtroopers, stood up to Han Solo, and helped defeat the evil Empire. Think about our most popular fictional characters—how many of them overcame enormous odds to prevail against powerful foes? In Poetics, Aristotle discusses the cathartic effect of drama, noting that when we watch a play, we feel what the actors feel. Their pain is our suffering, their victories our triumphs. When Princess Leia strangles Jabba the Hutt, we feel liberated from whatever enemy has enslaved us. But then the movie ends, and we step from the darkened theater into the even darker world. There really is a Galactic Empire ruled by an evil emperor. The Dark Side is indeed powerful… (READ MORE) |
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