Ion’s blog

The directors of all these films tapped into what some psychologists believe about water — that is has unsettling connotations for the human mind.

“There is something about water that suggests a loss of control, not being able to stand in it, with your head vulnerably sticking out,” said Dr. Judith Beck, director of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

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“A swimming pool is a place where people expose their bodies,” he explained. “There is a kind of sexual competitiveness associated with who looks better in pools, who is sexier. And everyone thinks they will lose out on the competition.”

“The convergence of the Faustian bargain, the envy of others, the symbol of failing in a sexual competition, and of course, death by drowning all converge around the swimming pool,” Dr. Gabbard said.

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I’ve heard sly speculation that boys playing the part of Lara amounts to digital cross-dressing, and that this was a reason for its success. I wish it were that interesting, and certainly it could be subverted in this way, but I suspect that it has far more to do with the way that the player controls Lara. There’s a critical distinction to be made between a first-person perspective (i.e. where only the gun/knife/fragger is visible) and a third-person perspective like Tomb Raider — the latter allows something academics call the Male Gaze.

Powerful women are used all the time to sell us stuff. I’ve been noticing the dominatrix image used a lot, and it’s not being used soley to appeal to those with a submissive streak; it’s because the leather-clad, conventionally sexy woman has a broad cross-gender appeal. Her power makes her appealing to women; her kinkiness makes her appealing to men who figure her dominance is a pose.

Sobre Lara y otras hero

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