Austin Power Sociological Theory
Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx were “great” Western thinkers. They each had different biological, historical, and psychological perspectives. Their ideas can still be applied to current issues and cultural artifacts. As time progresses their ideas are still the foundation of many other theories. Each would analyze two cultural artifacts of Western Civilization: Grand Illusion (1937) by Jean Renoir, and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1999) by Mike Myers differently.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery has several discrete messages and references. Austin Power’s has to adapt to the changes in society that occurred since he was frozen in 1967 to when he was unfrozen in 1997. Austin has to overcome the …show more content…
Freud’s analysis of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery would focus on the psychological aspects in the movie. Near the end of the movie Dr. Evil says, “Isn't it ironic, Mr. Powers, that the very things you stand for; swinging, free love, parties, distrust of authority- are all now, in the Nineties, considered to be...evil?” Austin responds by saying, “No, man, what we swingers were rebelling against were uptight squares like you, whose bag was money and world domination. We were innocent, man. If we'd known the consequences of our sexual liberation, we would have done things differently, but the spirit would have remained the same. It's freedom, man.” Freud is quoted as saying, “The urge of freedom, is therefore, directed against particular …show more content…
If Darwin were analyzing that scene, he would think of survival of the fittest. Darwin uses the phrase “survival of the fittest” to represent how traits passed genetically to offspring that vary from the norm cause Natural Selection. If an offspring is born with, a trait that helps them survive better than another then that trait will be passed on and soon be the dominant trait among a species. The same occurs when an offspring is born with an injurious trait. This trait will not survive because the offspring will not survive long enough to pass it to the next generation. The injury that Rosenthal gets is away for the best fit for the environment to live. If it were for Marechal’s help Rosenthal would have been captured and probably would have died. Marx would view the movie in more of a historical sense. He would observe how nationalism did not rank over class solidarity. An example of this is when Capt. Von Rauffenstein and Marechal are able to respect each other because of their high rank in the military even though they are on opposite sides. Marx says, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle.” (Marx, 9). Because of this, Marx can say that the reason the two high-ranking soldiers get along so well is that class bonds them. They are able to relate to each other; unlike they can with the other
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery has several discrete messages and references. Austin Power’s has to adapt to the changes in society that occurred since he was frozen in 1967 to when he was unfrozen in 1997. Austin has to overcome the …show more content…
Freud’s analysis of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery would focus on the psychological aspects in the movie. Near the end of the movie Dr. Evil says, “Isn't it ironic, Mr. Powers, that the very things you stand for; swinging, free love, parties, distrust of authority- are all now, in the Nineties, considered to be...evil?” Austin responds by saying, “No, man, what we swingers were rebelling against were uptight squares like you, whose bag was money and world domination. We were innocent, man. If we'd known the consequences of our sexual liberation, we would have done things differently, but the spirit would have remained the same. It's freedom, man.” Freud is quoted as saying, “The urge of freedom, is therefore, directed against particular …show more content…
If Darwin were analyzing that scene, he would think of survival of the fittest. Darwin uses the phrase “survival of the fittest” to represent how traits passed genetically to offspring that vary from the norm cause Natural Selection. If an offspring is born with, a trait that helps them survive better than another then that trait will be passed on and soon be the dominant trait among a species. The same occurs when an offspring is born with an injurious trait. This trait will not survive because the offspring will not survive long enough to pass it to the next generation. The injury that Rosenthal gets is away for the best fit for the environment to live. If it were for Marechal’s help Rosenthal would have been captured and probably would have died. Marx would view the movie in more of a historical sense. He would observe how nationalism did not rank over class solidarity. An example of this is when Capt. Von Rauffenstein and Marechal are able to respect each other because of their high rank in the military even though they are on opposite sides. Marx says, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle.” (Marx, 9). Because of this, Marx can say that the reason the two high-ranking soldiers get along so well is that class bonds them. They are able to relate to each other; unlike they can with the other