Who in King Kong (33)?
According to Greenberg, Kong is a personification/metaphor of what?
How is Ann treated in King Kong (33)? By Denham,? By Jack,? By Kong,? What does Greenberg say about this?
What is a & quote; rescue fantasy & quote; according to Greenberg? How does this relate to our previous class discussions concerning the myth of the wild-man?
Who enacts a rescue fantasy in King Kong (33)? How does Greenberg relate the issue of sex in King Kong (33) to the issue of race as discussed last class?
According to Dines what makes Hustler magazine different from other porn magazines? What kind of world does Hustler magazine present to its readers? Who are its readers? Why are they interested in the kind of cartoons found in Hustler?
Where does one find black men represented in Hustler magazine? How does the confining of black men to this space shield Hustler from allegations of racism, according to Dines?
How is the black male depicted in Hustler cartoons? How is he drawn? What is his occupation? What is the defining feature of the black male in such cartoons, according to Dines?
Conversely, how are white women and white men depicted in Hustler cartoons?
According to Dines where does the image of & quote; the black man as sexual monster & quote; come from? What social factors contributed to its creation?
Dines notes that the issue of race, has often been ignored by scholars studying porn. Why? And why is this problematic?
Larry Flynt (publisher and editor of Hustler) frequently claims that the cartoons printed in Hustler are political in nature. What & quote; political & quote; issues do such cartoons tackle? How does Timothy Howller's story intersect with Kong's in & quote; After King Kong Fell & quote; and what is this story really about? Or 'What is the moral of this story?'
Both Farmer's short-story & quote; After King Kong Fell & quote; and the comic & quote; Bride of Congo & quote; try to imagine what happens immediately following the end of King Kong (33)? What scenarios do they come up with? How are they different? How are they similar? What is the fate of Ann in Farmer's story verses DuBay's comic?
What do you make of Bian Buniak's comic & quote; Desperate & quote;? What message is it trying to send? & quote; who "e; is Kong in this story?
All of these readings discuss different types of sexual fantasies. However, what kind of sexual fantasy do you suppose is being played out in McKenzie and Bermejo's comic & quote ;The Giant Ape Suit & quote;?