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Order vs Chaos themes in fiction

Started by Cain, January 25, 2009, 12:42:27 PM

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In FLCL couldn't Naota represent order and Haruko represent chaos. I watched the whole series last week and kept thinking about how much Naota was a greyface.
Now that I think about it Johnny The Homicidal Maniac seems to make both people who act and belief in evil order and good order look like retards.
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I keep meaning to watch FLCL.
Never been much of a fan of JTHM

A film that has the illusion of order that leads down into a reality of chaos (told in a very bitter fasion in this case ) Is Who's afraid of Virginia woolf.
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Quote from: Prelate Diogenes Shandee on February 12, 2009, 02:50:01 PM
4.) In any episode of Spongebob Squarepants in which Spongebob interacts with Squidward, Spongebob (and Patrick) could be seen as representing chaos, and Squidward could be seen as representing order)
I always though of Mr Crabs and Plankton as Capitalist and Communist influences
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Quote from: DjFatNuts on February 15, 2009, 07:16:17 AM
Now that I think about it Johnny The Homicidal Maniac seems to make both people who act and belief in evil order and good order look like retards.

JTHM is glorified hormonal ennui.

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There are a couple of episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus in which the action of a sketch/skit is abruptly interrupted by a gruff army general who stops the sketch for being "Too silly"
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