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Article: Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation.(Book review)
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- Journal of Popular Film & Television
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- March 22, 2009
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FRAMING MONSTERS: FANTASY FILM AND SOCIAL ALIENATION Joshua David Bellin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2005. 241 pp. $30.00 paper.
Joshua David Bellin begins Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation by revisiting the scholarly work about King Kong (1933), which he admits is his "favorite movie of all time" (1) while acknowledging the racist aspects of the film. His response to Kong raises the question that motivates his study: "How is it that one can so love films that are in significant respects so hateful?" (3).
The author suggests that most film scholars sidestep this question by separating the "cinematic qualities" of certain films ...