06-16-2011, 01:22 PM
That's a good point. I never thought about how the "entertainment" monsters of today were the real life monsters of yesterday. Interesting. How we got where we are now and the difference between the two is going to be good material.
One thing my partner and I have been discussing is the evolution of monsters toward "bubblegum" once there starts to be works of fiction that take closer look at the "personal lives" of monsters. For instance, it could be argued that the book Interview with a Vampire forever made vampires a bit less scary because once you've sat at a table and interviewed them they are much less monstrous. There is less of a fear of the unknown. Are these monsters (real and imagined) less scary the more exposure they get? Is there a desensitization thing happening?
One thing my partner and I have been discussing is the evolution of monsters toward "bubblegum" once there starts to be works of fiction that take closer look at the "personal lives" of monsters. For instance, it could be argued that the book Interview with a Vampire forever made vampires a bit less scary because once you've sat at a table and interviewed them they are much less monstrous. There is less of a fear of the unknown. Are these monsters (real and imagined) less scary the more exposure they get? Is there a desensitization thing happening?