twilight (was: Forget TRON: Legacy - give me the sequel to Buckaroo Banzai!)

On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Karl wrote:
> What exactly is the subtext?

The Mormon subtext of Twilight, you mean?  Well, it has to do with the 
books' portrayal of Native Americans as werewolves (i.e. the "lost tribes" 
in Mormon mythology), and the way the good vampires represent the 
divinization of human beings rather their corruption, and the way the 
Volturi reflect Mormon prejudices against Catholics, etc., etc.

John Granger (an Eastern Orthodox Christian, and author of several books 
on the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises) gets into this here:

http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=22-08-024-f
http://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/mrs-meyer-says-twilight-is-meaningless/
http://fhsprofessor.com/?p=620

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