V For Vendetta: Understanding via Relevant Metaphors

GregG — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:58:08 GMT

With the release of this movie on DVD, I thought a reflection is in order. The Wachowski brothers, with their screen adaptation of Alan Moore’s “V For Vendetta,” have given us a startling and frightening glimpse into the life under an Islamofacist Great Britain. Maybe it wasn’t their original intent, but the metaphor is undeniable. First, let me explain the principle of relevant metaphor replacement theory (RMRT), and it’s importance to appreciating this film. Some authors, in order to get controversial content across to their readers, surround a story’s message in a metaphor. Sometimes, however, the metaphor can’t be too obvious (political correctness, you know). In these cases, the metaphor will be relevant, and thus form a replacement position. Under this guise, they can be held harmless, so to speak, for the reaction to the story’s content. I won’t completely retell the “V for Vendetta” story. Suffice it to say that it is set in a dystopic Great Britain with a 1984-like regime in power, the United States is in military and social turmoil, and individualism is suppressed. A lone figure arises to fight back, masses are looking for guidance, yada, yada, yada. Now you know the plot. In fact, ...

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V For Vendetta: Understanding via Relevant Metaphors