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Post by Beth on Jun 2, 2013 4:56:00 GMT -5
Post your reactions to this week's GLIMPSE OF CAT'S COSTUME (!) here.
Ahem.
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Post by lucy on Jun 2, 2013 4:57:59 GMT -5
I'm very excited already!!!
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sophie_ali
Cat People
Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat, How I Wonder What You're At
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Post by sophie_ali on Jun 2, 2013 10:16:40 GMT -5
Awesome! Just utterly awesome and so worth the wait!
Firstly, I really like the presence of food once more on p16 (I think we've discussed before, the depicitons of women and food/eating)
Secondly, I like the fact Cat is using her friends. It provides an interesting contrast to the Urbanite/Misper relationship which seems more strained. Do Kit and Kay know about her plan now? (that could end up being interesting)
Does this mean Cat's dad is dead? I wasn't sure before, but the past tense in this seems to suggest so (either that or he's retired)- but I like the expression on her face in that picture. Sort of half sad, half loving
I also really like the writing on p18, especially the 'I'll be someone else and I'll finally get to be me'. That is very interesting and plays into the things we've been disucssing about identity. Like how some forms of identity are forced upon us or we have to act them out even if we don't want those specific identites. Also the pressure to conform to an identity whether peer or a more broader societal pressure.
I posted in the theoretical frameworks thread about using Goffman's Dramaturgical model to analyse MSCI and I think that could also work here as well.
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Post by Lindsay on Jun 2, 2013 11:25:26 GMT -5
I'm really liking the explicit refusal to show Cat changing into her costume. Rather than some skimpy, clothing change scene, we just casually get shut out from that.
I definitely noticed it as a reversal of what we see in some other comics (as in I feel that it was written in this way by Will for this purpose), but I don't feel like it's a slap in the face about it either. I really believe that Cat wouldn't want to share the process of getting dressed with strangers (or even her friends), so it feels right.
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Post by zennyrpg on Jun 2, 2013 15:05:42 GMT -5
I'm really liking the explicit refusal to show Cat changing into her costume. Rather than some skimpy, clothing change scene, we just casually get shut out from that. I definitely noticed it as a reversal of what we see in some other comics (as in I feel that it was written in this way by Will for this purpose), but I don't feel like it's a slap in the face about it either. I really believe that Cat wouldn't want to share the process of getting dressed with strangers (or even her friends), so it feels right. I didn't notice that! Its like she's shutting the door on the reader. Sorry folks, nothing to see here. It definitely highlights the difference between how a comic (or game or whatever) can view a character vs how that character would like to be viewed. Here, I get the feeling that the comic is showing the respect to Cat that she would expect (not invading her privacy for no narrative reason, and even subtly pointing that out). |
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sophie_ali
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat, How I Wonder What You're At
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Post by sophie_ali on Jun 3, 2013 4:17:53 GMT -5
Both really interesting points. I think it turns Cat back from a object to a subject. She's not just a flesh object but has 'feelings' as well. Like zennyrpg said, it's like we're getting a sense of how she would like (or wouldn't like) to be viewed. I think we get a keen sense of Cat's 'voice' in that particular part.
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