Pynchon mention in Korea Herald

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[CULTURAL KALEIDOSCOPE] 'X-Men': Pride and prejudice

Ever since Pandora opened her fateful box, human
beings have exercised hatred, bigotry, jealousy and
prejudice against others. In the 20th century alone,
we have witnessed such tragic incidents as the
Holocaust, the Killing Field, and Apartheid caused by
Nazism, Marxism and racism, all of which considerably
expedited the annihilation of human civilization. 

Meanwhile, more than one-third of the entire
population on earth suffered from imperialism in one
way or another, and Americans experienced the
devastating effects of McCarthyism in the 1950s, which
has been appropriately called a modern day witch
trial. 

"Both industrial capitalism and Marxism are creeping
horrors," boldly announces Thomas Pynchon in his
critically acclaimed novel, "The Crying of Lot 49." "I
saw the best mind of my generation destroyed by
madness," cries Allen Ginsberg in his celebrated poem,
"Howl." The two disillusioned writers remind us that
human history is full of wars, intriguing
conspiracies, and ideological clashes that result in
massacre, genocide and fascism. 

Bryan Singer's film, "X-Men," vividly renders the
nightmare landscape of a society plagued by blind
prejudice against and groundless fear of those who are
different. "X-Men" and its sequel, a movie adaptation
of the comics with the same title, depict a world
divided by normal humans and mutants, which resonates
with the Square and the Freak from the 1960s. [...] 

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