Kick- Ass Rhetorical Analysis: Extraordinary Beings with Normal Abilities

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“Every single comic fan has dreamed to be a superhero,” Mark Millar, creator of Kick-Ass comic states in his interview. Millar addresses the superhero fantasies that the intended audience of the superhero action comic and movie Kick-Ass sometimes marveled at (Multipleverses). Dave Lizewski, the main protagonist of Kick-Ass, has a similar dream to the comic’s audience; he also wants to become a superhero. Dave is an average comic lover that turns into a superhero without the qualities many of the iconic superheroes posses that follow the superhero conventions, such as “extraordinary power, skills and equipment” (Chopra). The audience is able to make more connections to Dave due to his realistic nature. Though Dave is a character with mundane abilities, he is still able to become a hero that helps others; he isn’t stop by his humanistic qualities. Aside from Dave’s inner ambition to be a hero due to the glamour created by his comics, he is also driven by his desire to help others. The passiveness of most characters in the story towards the violent filled world they live in forces not only Dave, but also Hit-Girl, and Big Daddy to break the ongoing cycle of indifference people have for each other. In an interview with Mathew Vaughn, the director of the Kick-Ass movie, he mentions, “In this society we live in, people don’t help each other anymore. There’s a time… a lot in the 60s, [that] if someone’s getting mugged, [others would] walk over and help” (Empire). By making Dave, Big Daddy, and Hit-Girl realistic character and distinctly different from the other characters and from the comic, Vaughn makes an ethical commentary through Kick-Ass that it doesn’t take extraordinary beings to assist others. The realistic aspect of the film i... ... middle of paper ... ...be – Broadcast Yourself. Multipleverses, 15 Apr. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. . "Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn - Director Producer Screenwriter - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Multipleverses, 15 Apr. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. . "KICK-ASS on Set with Matthew Vaughn Part 1 - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Empire, 26 Mar. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. . "KICK-ASS on Set with Matthew Vaughn Part 2 - YouTube." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Empire, 26 Mar. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. . Millar, Mark, and John Jr. Romita. "Kick-Ass." Comic strip. New York: Marvel, 2008. Print. Issue 4. Millar, Mark, and John Jr. Romita. "Kick-Ass." Comic strip. New York: Marvel, 2008. Print. Issue 7

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