Captain AmericaというAmericaの漫画のヒーローをご存知ですか？１９４１年に反ナチの代表的ヒーローとして初登場して以来いろいろな変化を経てアメリカ人のPublic Opinionの体現者てきヒーローに成長し、アメリカ人の多くの人に愛されてきたました。このヒーローがつい最近射殺されたということが結構大きいNewsになりました。私もちょっと驚きましたね。日本にもこのNewsが伝わりましたか？６０年以上もアメリカ人に愛されてきたヒーローだけにCaptain Americaの死はただの漫画の主人公の死以上のSymbolicな意味があるようです。どのような意味なのかは以下のBlogをみてください。これは私がFalse DataのBlog siteに掲載したものです。
False Data sent me an article about the death of Captain America. I was actually surprised to see it since he seemed to be a part of the American cultural legacy. He has been around longer than I have been. He also seems to have been through so many events such as wars and scandals with the American public. His stories have generally represented American public opinions at the time. For many comic book readers or maybe for others beyond this group of people, he might have been somewhat as real as a living-breathing hero can be.
Why did the comic book editor/writer decide to kill him? The article writer mentions:
Captain America has always been used by Marvel to represent the general consensus in U.S. politics.
When Americans can't even agree on the principles their nation is supposed to uphold, killing off a symbol like Captain America makes perfect sense.
I think it’s a good analysis. The article writer indicates that, with his own death, Captain America still represents the status of American public opinion – the lack of the principles and/or death of consensus.
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