What does a family-friendly animated superhero adventure teach us about excess pride and catharsis? This video lecture helps explain.
In this collaboration with TEDed, we discuss a medieval Scottish king, a caped crusader, an accidentally patricidal and incestuous Greek king, and a meth-peddling high school chemistry teacher to help understand why we still like Greek Tragedy.
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Plato's Allegory of... The Lego Movie?
Existentialism and Toy Story