The Die Hard Trilogy: McClain An Example Of A Hero In America
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"and he saved the day, got his girl and everyone lived happily ever after."
Sweet, short, cut and dry, that was the typical ending of our childhood books
and early movies. There was the perfect hero and the bad villain. That was in
the pre-modern era, now our hero isn't always perfect and has his ....
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.... from the movies from the past, James Bond or John
Wayne never needed help. The partner he picks is a inner city black man, in the
fifties this never would have happened. The fact that he picks a black man
incorporates some multicultural aspects into the movie. The fact that he picks
a partner shows some post modern aspects of Hollywood. Both of these facts help
sell movies and help define a hero in America today.
Another aspect that makes McClain a post modern hero in America is the
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