tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post2716470867742010546..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: I Would Hurt a FlyCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-46838832078562339442009-06-20T09:44:57.753-04:002009-06-20T09:44:57.753-04:00You are what you socially consume. Killing makes y...You are what you socially consume. Killing makes you powerful. And both these animal-directed actions must be public events to count. Thanks for the florilegia, Karl.<br /><br />Derrida begins to get at this, I think: I can't help wondering if part of the attraction of the Obama swatting the fly video is the president-as-superhero narrative that went with it -- at least in the many Facebook postings of the clip I saw, where he was labeled a ninja, his reflexes were praised, and so on. AND I couldn't help wonder if there is a connection between the Obama clip and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmZjD2UWoso" rel="nofollow">a certain blaxploitation film from 1972 that has the word fly in its title</a>. Am I wrong to think there might be something about race as well as masculinity at play in the fascination with the scene?Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.com