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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
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Good evening and welcome to another episode of Fem Lit! I’m you’re host Monica Geller, please join with me in welcoming tonight’s panel of distinguished guests. A woman who needs no introduction, an early champion of empowerment, Hester Prynne. Also joining us tonight, from Hertfordshire England, Elizabeth Bennet. Finally, please welcome � um, (looks at cards) Fred Garvin?
Fred: Thanks, Monica, always glad to be here.
Monica: Uh, ok, well. Um, let’s get started, tonight, ladies � and Fred � we’re having some fun with the 2011 Vertigo graphic novel “Unmanned� which collects the first six issues of the Y: The Last Man comics, by writer Brian K. Vaughn and a team of talented artists featuring Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr.
Elizabeth: I loved it! The art was amazing and Vaughn’s story, where a strange plague has killed all males, even animals, in the world was fantastic and provocative!
Hester: I’m always amazed at the level of technology we have nowadays, far afield from the 1600s.
Monica: Thanks, I agree, but I think the real significance here is that this story works as an allegory for a feminist struggle, and by demonstrating a world suddenly without men, the creators of this illustrated story explore and highlight the strengths and needs of women.
Fred: Hahahhaha, well, ladies, I think you’re forgetting the most important aspect of this graphic novel, that there is a last man on earth. And I think we all know where this is all headed.
[All look at Fred]
Monica: I’m afraid to ask a male prostitute, but where is this all headed, Fred?
Fred: The real protagonist here, Yorick, and I think that’s a nod to our pal Will Shakespeare, is the last man on the planet and will need to begin repopulating our Mother Earth.
[All look at Fred]
Elizabeth: I see some things have not changed.
Monica: Fred! That’s NOT what this is about! That’s an inside joke that the writer’s use as a comic relief after the devastation to the society, but what this IS about is women who have the courage and fortitude, and strength, and and and, power, to continue on with living and making this new world a better place!
Fred: If you say so, but I think we all know there is some business to be taken care of, am I right?
Hester; Mr. Garvin �
Fred: Fred, please. Fred Garvin, male prostitute.
Hester: Fine, Fred, what I see here is a gritty, violent world where women are forced to fend for themselves, and the creators of this wonderful story highlight the women who have survived. Yorick was a dead court jester from Hamlet, so by using this name and this reference to Shakespeare, Vaughn has used subtle humor to reveal this last man’s real importance and that is one of mocking jest.
Fred: He’s the last man, time to make some babies.
Elizabeth: Fred! Are you really so impertinent to not see that this is a METAPHOR! This is an exploration of a theme using artistic hyperbole.
Fred: I don’t know about a metaphor, but I do know what a bed is for! Am I right, ladies?
Monica: OK, that’s all the time I have, thanks for joining us for another � interesting episode of Fem Lit!
Fred: Thanks, Monica, always glad to be here.
Monica: Uh, ok, well. Um, let’s get started, tonight, ladies � and Fred � we’re having some fun with the 2011 Vertigo graphic novel “Unmanned� which collects the first six issues of the Y: The Last Man comics, by writer Brian K. Vaughn and a team of talented artists featuring Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr.
Elizabeth: I loved it! The art was amazing and Vaughn’s story, where a strange plague has killed all males, even animals, in the world was fantastic and provocative!
Hester: I’m always amazed at the level of technology we have nowadays, far afield from the 1600s.
Monica: Thanks, I agree, but I think the real significance here is that this story works as an allegory for a feminist struggle, and by demonstrating a world suddenly without men, the creators of this illustrated story explore and highlight the strengths and needs of women.
Fred: Hahahhaha, well, ladies, I think you’re forgetting the most important aspect of this graphic novel, that there is a last man on earth. And I think we all know where this is all headed.
[All look at Fred]
Monica: I’m afraid to ask a male prostitute, but where is this all headed, Fred?
Fred: The real protagonist here, Yorick, and I think that’s a nod to our pal Will Shakespeare, is the last man on the planet and will need to begin repopulating our Mother Earth.
[All look at Fred]
Elizabeth: I see some things have not changed.
Monica: Fred! That’s NOT what this is about! That’s an inside joke that the writer’s use as a comic relief after the devastation to the society, but what this IS about is women who have the courage and fortitude, and strength, and and and, power, to continue on with living and making this new world a better place!
Fred: If you say so, but I think we all know there is some business to be taken care of, am I right?
Hester; Mr. Garvin �
Fred: Fred, please. Fred Garvin, male prostitute.
Hester: Fine, Fred, what I see here is a gritty, violent world where women are forced to fend for themselves, and the creators of this wonderful story highlight the women who have survived. Yorick was a dead court jester from Hamlet, so by using this name and this reference to Shakespeare, Vaughn has used subtle humor to reveal this last man’s real importance and that is one of mocking jest.
Fred: He’s the last man, time to make some babies.
Elizabeth: Fred! Are you really so impertinent to not see that this is a METAPHOR! This is an exploration of a theme using artistic hyperbole.
Fred: I don’t know about a metaphor, but I do know what a bed is for! Am I right, ladies?
Monica: OK, that’s all the time I have, thanks for joining us for another � interesting episode of Fem Lit!
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