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‘Star Wars’ and the Crisis of Masculinity
Acculturated ^ | 12.31.2015

Posted on 12/31/2015 7:01:09 PM PST by Perdogg

Why did Kylo Ren turn evil?

That’s a central unanswered question of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ren is the film’s villain, a young acolyte of the late Darth Vader. (Spoiler alert: He is also the son of two of the film’s famous characters, whose names I’m going to reveal).

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hate; hateleads2darkside; muchhatred; muchhatredisense
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1 posted on 12/31/2015 7:01:09 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Hey, hey, hey...

I haven’t seen the movie yet!


2 posted on 12/31/2015 7:03:10 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: Perdogg
Why did Kylo Ren turn evil?

Because he thought it was the fastest way to get laid?

3 posted on 12/31/2015 7:05:42 PM PST by Tax-chick (Maximizing my cultural appropriation.)
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To: Perdogg

This could be a useful analysis, if the screenwriter felt this way and made an effort to express this viewpoint on society’s decline.

However, it is far more likely that the character is the way he is because of bad writing and someone’s desire for a certain character arc, whether or not such an arc made any sense.


4 posted on 12/31/2015 7:05:55 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
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To: Perdogg

spoiler tags needed for our FRiends who haven’t seen it.


5 posted on 12/31/2015 7:06:44 PM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: Tax-chick
"Why did Kylo Ren turn evil?"

It started when he put a Hillary bumper sticker on his space ship.

6 posted on 12/31/2015 7:10:53 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Two pieces of unsolicited advice:

1. Don’t read anything that has Star Wars attached it!

2. Go see it already!


7 posted on 12/31/2015 7:10:55 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Perdogg
Why did Kylo Ren turn evil?
Because good is dumb.


8 posted on 12/31/2015 7:12:09 PM PST by Olog-hai
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“Germans turn to Star Wars for baby names”

http://www.thelocal.de/20151231/researcher-charts-top-baby-names-of-2015-star-wars-knud-bielefeld


9 posted on 12/31/2015 7:12:23 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Perdogg

Why did Kylo Ren turn evil?


Because we need a setup for Star Wars Episodes 8 and 9?


10 posted on 12/31/2015 7:12:24 PM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Perdogg

Well that whole bit about the famous characters pretty much says it all, no?


11 posted on 12/31/2015 7:13:05 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."- George Washington)
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To: Perdogg
Star Wars and the Crisis of Masculinity


12 posted on 12/31/2015 7:14:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Haven’t had a day off in two weeks.

:-(


13 posted on 12/31/2015 7:14:55 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: Tax-chick
Because he thought it was the fastest way to get laid?

? I thought he was gay!

14 posted on 12/31/2015 7:17:04 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Perdogg

Another Scott Evil.


15 posted on 12/31/2015 7:18:57 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Key plot dialog



16 posted on 12/31/2015 7:19:02 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Perdogg

He turned evil because all it takes to turn evil in the Star Wars universe is to have any emotion whatsoever.

Supposedly to be on the light side you have to be a detached emotionless robot.

Stub your toe, get angry just once and it is red lightsabers and black masks for the rest of your life....


17 posted on 12/31/2015 7:20:18 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Perdogg

With parents as busy as Leia & Hans its easy to see why the son got interested in the dark side. It is powerful while the parents were weak.


18 posted on 12/31/2015 7:20:26 PM PST by RginTN
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks for giving it away...


19 posted on 12/31/2015 7:20:59 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: FamiliarFace

How many times must a Death Star blow up, before the Sith alter their plan?


20 posted on 12/31/2015 7:21:45 PM PST by heartwood
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