This chapter positions the “zero-tech” fight scene as a vehicle for theorizing how conceptions of hyper-normalcy—and thus abnormalcy and normalcy—are projected and work in conjunction to secure the cultural authority of ableism. The zero-tech fight scene is that moment where hero and villain cast weapons aside to engage in a “fair fight,” the ultimate combat mode that will reveal to audiences the physical, and moral, superiority of one character. The chapter posits that, in projecting images of hyper-normalcy, ableism imposes upon audiences an impossible ideal. Although elusive, this ideal is not to be rejected but desired. The inducement to pursue an impossible embodiment keeps subjects tethered to the demands of ableism. The chapter also explores some of the implications that accompany projections of hyper-normalcy, especially the latter’s capacity to censure difference.

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Projecting Hyper-Normalcy: The “Zero-Tech” Fight Scene via Predator

  • Ronald Kramer

摘要

This chapter positions the “zero-tech” fight scene as a vehicle for theorizing how conceptions of hyper-normalcy—and thus abnormalcy and normalcy—are projected and work in conjunction to secure the cultural authority of ableism. The zero-tech fight scene is that moment where hero and villain cast weapons aside to engage in a “fair fight,” the ultimate combat mode that will reveal to audiences the physical, and moral, superiority of one character. The chapter posits that, in projecting images of hyper-normalcy, ableism imposes upon audiences an impossible ideal. Although elusive, this ideal is not to be rejected but desired. The inducement to pursue an impossible embodiment keeps subjects tethered to the demands of ableism. The chapter also explores some of the implications that accompany projections of hyper-normalcy, especially the latter’s capacity to censure difference.