image legendary Bela Lugosi as Dracula in
the film of 1931
the film of 1931
L to pop culture has the ability to constantly reinvent themselves, the subjects were immersed in it have been, are and will always the most colorful. Pop culture, it feeds almost entirely on the mass media (television, internet, radio, film, publishing, among others), known by the Anglican "Mass Media". This information machinery has set the standard in pop culture, clear examples of the patterns of that culture can be: The Knights Jedi, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Blade Runner, Tin Tin, The X -men, Power Rangers, Mickey Mouse, the other from Disney and that's it.
the world thanks to Culture Pop is a wonderful place to dream, a wonderful place to want to be part of a fantasy world, the above examples we have undoubtedly made more than one of us want to be part of that world we inhabit.
Who would not want to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?, Or travel across the galaxy known as a Jedi Knight? Who has not dreamed of being part of one of the worlds of pop culture, whether the cinema or books, or whatever?, probably all, surely everyone. Well, the issue that concerns us today is the issue who is leading the way in Pop Culture at this very moment (December 2009), What is leading the way today?, the pattern of today are making the vampires , and they say why.
Vampires in recent years have been taking over leading positions of popularity, today we have the saga of Twilight , we series as The Vampire Diaries , we rock groups such as Vampire Weekend , among many other things that make us see for sure that vampires are now the topic of fashion in Pop Culture the
But the vampire theme is not new fascination causing homo sapiens sapiens , the Twilight books New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer are just the tip of the iceberg of all this process worship (in the media sense) to vampirism. If we are to find a recent history of the franchise movies like "Underworld," "Van Helsing", "Dracula 2000", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel" , and even cartoons like Helsing and that sort of thing that we go hand in hand with the vampire and vampirism to entertain the masses. There is also the oldest history course, such as the wonderful books Anne Rice and Vampire Chronicles which are a collection of 10 books so far, among which is the critically acclaimed "Interview with the Vampire" which tell the story of asexual fictional characters (vampire obviously) that have captivated the world and legions of fans from 1976 until today, so what of the Vampires, is not new at all. If we were then the earliest history of the human fascination with the "children of the night", would have to come to the beginnings of mankind or at least of history to realize that for thousands of years humans come mythicize strange night creatures that look like us, who look like us, you can even confuse us, but have a more sinister and dark nature of mankind can have.
Now, we're not talking about the legendary origins and sociological-anthropological aspects of human fascination with vampires, but that which led to the Pop Culture, and for me, and sure For many, the beginning of the concept of the modern vampire appeared in the immortal works of Abraham "Bram" Stoker, that work was Dracula .
Count Dracula is a character known to all, the prince of darkness, the son of Satan, the lord of the night, among many other nicknames. But almost no one knows who was the "real" Dracula, Vlad III the Impaler Lord, Prince of Wallachia. Wallachia for those who do not know, today is what we call Romania, a country in central Europe, known for its bleak landscapes, its aura of mystery, for its mafia men and sex addiction with their inhabitants, many other things. (Sorry of Romanians are very good people not want to offend, this is in jest, if indeed I have offended anyone I apologize a thousand times sorry)
Anyway, back to Vlad and Dracula, it turns out that the Romanians did not like much at the time that their national hero would become a monster of literature and pop culture after because of an Irish writer, is understandable, imagine you my dear Allies of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to reach someone out and make a book in which he appeared Simón Bolívar as a monster of the night that offended God and feeds on human victims to stay alive, I think one more would not do very much, but anyway, these things happen, all is not as bad as today days by Bram Stoker in large part, the region of Transylvania and Wallachia are major tourist destinations thanks to the myth of Count Dracula.
After published Dracula , the perception of the word Vampire, Nosferatu, and all that kind of terminology changed from being something of an Legendary to be something of universal knowledge, everything that came after about vampire fiction is in some way or another based and influenced the work of Stoker. But Stoker was not too wrong to define "his" vampire?, It is possible, and today we see the vampires a little more human, than we see in the Blade the Vampire Slayer trilogy, we now about vampires who fall in love, with friends, who have feelings, and to have a conscience and sense of right and wrong, "Stoker concept evolved and was adapted to the reality?.
do I say "was adapted to reality", well, for the simple reason that in real life there are few connections so strong and so noble as the "friendship of the vampire." What do I mean?, Well, I do not mean Nosferatu of our fantasies, but to Desmodus rotundus, is not more than common vampire bat, I mean that small mammal with a bat but without a tail that feeds on blood, meaning that it is blood-sucking, but fortunately only eats cows, sheep and other livestock rarely attacked humans.
What is that "friendship of the Vampire"?, Well, the common vampire bat has a peculiarity that if not feed on blood in 48 hours, it dies, because her little body can not stand so long without eating, because of this peculiarity, we can infer that a bad night that can not find a dam, is almost fatal to a small common vampire, that's where it enters the "friendship." The common vampire living in caves forming small communities or "families" as well as like organized Nosferatu stories, but in real life, it happens that when a small vampire does not get food all night, that to reach the cave you can ask a fellow to share the blood got hunting with him, the vampires as they say "do not let die," are able to share their regurgitated blood to their neighbors, that it sounds disgusting, in the animal world can be considered a very noble gesture, and some experts say that vampires never forget who gave their blood one night and instinctively are willing to return the favor and do the same for another neighbor, ie that vampires are genetically programmed to have ties of "friendship and brotherhood with their own.
vampires may have been and are one of the most misunderstood things for us humans, both vampire tales, such as life real, the bad reputation that Stoker created them has not stopped lying to Domir, as the saying goes. Maybe now, is picking up a road, down the negative myths about things, to make the world a more peaceful and better. And what do I say all this about ", I say for the simple No wonder my dear partners and allies that today's vampires are not as scared as before, people are somewhat less so afraid, now has new universes in which dream and therefore, more opportunities and reasons to be happy .
Thanks, thanks, thanks.
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