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| Re: Purple and pink are long time Bungie game colo | |
| Posted By: General Battuta | Date: 7/2/12 12:23 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Purple and pink are long time Bungie game colo (Louis Wu) : Say what? : (I tried hard to think of someone who was related to the writing in Marathon,
Totally fair. The death of the author (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author) is a slightly counterintuitive concept in modern criticism which denies the importance of authorial intent or history in the interpretation of a work. The strong 'dead author' camp contends that the only source used in analysis of a work should be the work itself - this can be taken to ridiculous extremes, but I think it's often valuable. The creator often doesn't fully apprehend what their work may be saying. A great example is Pixar's Ratatouille, which is a fantastically crafted paean to the value of passion and artistic genius, but which contains - doubtless without any intent whatsoever - readings that include some utterly appalling messages about women. In this case, while it's interesting and cool to highlight Bungie's history with the colors pink and purple, it doesn't undercut analysis of the use of those colors in Halo with respect to gender and violence if you don't touch on that history.
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