This writer seems to completely miss the point that Ozymandias was not meant to be a role model character, and that his autocratic solution is already undercut at the end of the book, with the presumptive publishing of Rorschach's journal. In other words, Moore was subverting the ending he was supposedly giving the story. It seems weird to portray Moore as a deconstructionist and yet deny that even his ending was meant to deconstruct the typical happy ending of such a story. Like, duh?
This writer seems to completely miss the point that Ozymandias was not meant to be a role model character, and that his autocratic solution is already undercut at the end of the book, with the presumptive publishing of Rorschach's journal. In other words, Moore was subverting the ending he was supposedly giving the story. It seems weird to portray Moore as a deconstructionist and yet deny that even his ending was meant to deconstruct the typical happy ending of such a story. Like, duh?
ReplyDeleteArt, I think this is addressed in the discussion (whether or not to your satisfaction) in the comments on the post.
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