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On the Power of A (Good) Story: Why Game of Thrones Had to End (This Way) And What Can Slavoj Zizek Tell Us About It

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During and after the airing of the last season of "Game of Thrones" there had been a multitude of critical reactions from the viewers around the world. This article is centered particularly around the criticism of the socio-political commentary found within the show. In that regard, the focus will be on an analysis of a short article written by Zizek, published in online edition of The Independent, titled "Game of Thrones tapped into fears of revolution and political women - and left us no better off than before" in which he outlines his own critique of the show. Since Zizek is one of the most renown intellectuals of our time, I find Zizek's beliefs and the way he outlines them worthy of analysis, especially since the analysis is about the most globally popular show of the second decade of the 21st century. Contextualizing Zizek's writing into a more basic critical discourse which had developed around the way the writers, Benioff and Weiss, decided to end the show, here I shall shed li...ght on a couple of points which are in either direct or indirect link with the source text. The following aspects shall be considered: Firstly, the influence Zizek has on his like-minded audience and on what his influence is based upon, i.e. what are his responsibilities as a well-known, outspoken intellectual; then, continued breakdown of certain aspects of the plot and character development from the show about which Zizek himself has written; finally, "Game of Thrones" itself will be taken into consideration as a work of fiction and as a global cultural phenomenon. One of the main goals of this article is to showcase the dangers of reading these kinds of "instant" articles without applying the necessary levels of critical thought, especially when they bear the signature of a worldwide renown intellectual. But maybe even more important than that, is to show how there lies a possibility for multiple different ways of interpreting and enjoying the show, of how open it is as a work of fiction; to indicate how important it is to study such a cultural phenomenon within anthropology with a holistic approach.

Keywords:
Slavoj Zizek / popular culture / Game of Thrones / feminism
Source:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2019, 14, 2, 461-486
Publisher:
  • Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
  • Identity Politics of the European Union: Customisation and Application in the Republic of Serbia (RS-177017)

DOI: 10.21301/eap.v14i2.3

ISSN: 0353-1589

WoS: 000473310300003

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Gačanović, I.. (2019). On the Power of A (Good) Story: Why Game of Thrones Had to End (This Way) And What Can Slavoj Zizek Tell Us About It. in Etnoantropološki problemi
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd., 14(2), 461-486.
https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v14i2.3
Gačanović I. On the Power of A (Good) Story: Why Game of Thrones Had to End (This Way) And What Can Slavoj Zizek Tell Us About It. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2019;14(2):461-486.
doi:10.21301/eap.v14i2.3 .
Gačanović, Ivana, "On the Power of A (Good) Story: Why Game of Thrones Had to End (This Way) And What Can Slavoj Zizek Tell Us About It" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 14, no. 2 (2019):461-486,
https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v14i2.3 . .

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