Tim Weaver wrote:
> What is it?
The poster "rwgibson" (who isn't online right now) had suggested that
Lost falls into the category of "magical realism", which has the
following characteristics:
* The characters' reactions to the 'inexplicable' is key to the
definition of Magic-Realism: inexplicable phenomona occur in extremely
mundane cir***stances and the character(s) tend to not respond
adequately (or at all) to the supernatural or magic nature of the event.
On the contrary, they often treat the magical event as an annoyance, a
setback, or an unwanted obligation.
* The fantastic elements may be intuitively "logical" but are never
explained
* Characters accept rather than question the logic of the magical
element
* Exhibits a richness of sensory details
* Uses symbols and imagery extensively. Often phallic imagery is
used without the reader/viewer consciously noticing it.
* Emotions and the ***uality of the human as a social construct are
often developed upon in great detail
* Distorts time so that it is cyclical or so that it appears
absent. Another technique is to collapse time in order to create a
setting in which the present repeats or resembles the past
* Inverts cause and effect, for instance a character may suffer
before a tragedy occurs
* Incor****ates legend or folklore
* Presents events from multiple perspectives, such as those of
belief and disbelief or the colonizers and the colonized
* Uses a mirroring of either past and present, astral and physical
planes, or of characters
* Ends leaving the reader uncertain, whether to believe in the
magical interpretation or the realist interpretation of the events in
the story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism
Those characteristics sound familiar in the context of Lost? Yes?
Magical realism is rare in the U.S. media (it's more common in Latin
America). Examples of American magical realism might include the movies
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Being John Malkovich," and the TV show
"Twin Peaks."
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Steven L.
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