THE League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Video | Brows Held High
Added 2022-02-03 19:40:44 +0000 UTCIn about an hour and a half I'll be in the chat, taking questions and such and just hanging out. It'll be chill.
We will talk about imperialism. "S a cool time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wga87CDRyog
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I've done some more research and apparently Nemo's background and politics were much disputed between Verne and his publisher Hetzel. Originally, Captain Nemo was a Pole displaced by the Russian suppression of the 1863 Polish revolt. However, Hetzel was worried that would mean they couldn't sell the book on the Russian market- Russia was a close ally of France at the time. Hetzel was also a strong abolitionist and wanted Nemo's motivation to be abolition of the slave trade, but Verne thought Nemo's background and motivations should never be specified. Eventually - not sure exactly why, maybe British imperialism was the safest target for a Frenchman - Nemo became a Hindu nobleman displaced after the British suppression of the 1857 revolt. (https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/review_essays/evans83.htm). anyway thanks for inspiring me to do some reading up on the politics of colonialism in late 19c French publishing :)
Elizabeth D
2022-02-18 12:46:33 +0000 UTCthanks for this, this was a fascinating video. I'm of two minds whether or not to start this series, I have a lot of time for Alan Moore and his bullshit but I don't know if I have the background/interest in Victorian lit to fully appreciate it. one note: I think Captain Nemo is explicitly Indian in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, in that book he rescues a pearl diver and, when asked why, says "That Indian, professor, lives in the land of the oppressed, and I am to this day, and will be until my last breath, a native of that same land!" he's also explicitly anti-imperialist and pro-worker, which I remember struck me even as a kid (I don't know anything about Jules Vernre but doing some googling around I see he was a strong supporter of the 1848 Revolution). 20,000 Leagues also includes Nemo having portraits of rebels everywhere from Poland to John Brown. Maybe the narrative gets into it more but I find it hard to believe that Nemo as written would ever agree to collaborate with the English government or be shocked by anything they did. It's interesting to think that maybe 1879 Captain Nemo was a more powerful anti-colonialist figure than the 1999 version.
Elizabeth D
2022-02-18 12:36:48 +0000 UTCWhat a great improvement over the rough cut! While watching the rough cut I wrote some feedback pointers and I had to stop because at 40 minutes in I already had four pages. Basically the tone seemed to be "I'm too tired for this mandatory assignment". In the new version I think it's all a lot more quipy and a lot less weary :). The nostalgia-critic-esque baffled reactions to everything problematic or sexual are still there, but they don't slow down the overal video as much as before, so I'm okay with that. Good job!
Jakob van Klinken
2022-02-04 19:26:16 +0000 UTCCue Russel Watson's "Faith of the Heart"...
Tiogshi Laj
2022-02-04 00:19:45 +0000 UTCI tried to read LXG about a decade ago and was so lost, but I could tell there was something there holding on to under all the...1900s of it. It's a pleasure to see another BHH after so long, and this was clearly something you felt strongly about.
Curt Clark
2022-02-03 23:42:38 +0000 UTC
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