In a world where “heroes” and “villains” have become increasingly difficult to identify, where does the antihero fit? And why have antiheroes become the most popular type of hero in all of storytelling?
Chapters as they appear on Youtube:
0:00 — Intro
1:12 — What Is An “Antihero”?
4:26 — “Heroism” and “Antiheroism” and Morality
6:19 — Flawed Heroes vs Antiheroes
7:36 — Mimesis and Heroism
12:15 — The (d)evolution of “Heroes”
17:23 — The Societal Role of Antiheroes
21:42 — (Sidenote: postmodernism vs. honest literary analysis)
23:28 — An Example of an Antihero Indicating Heroic Evolution
28:17 — The Human Element
32:19 — The Divide Between “Morality” and “Socially Acceptable”
33:00 — Why Antiheroes are So Prominent I: Cultural Decay
40:50 — Why Antiheroes are So Prominent II: Resistance to Decay
50:10 — 50:20 - Movie/Series Recommendations on Screen
50:55 — Negative Antiheroes
54:50 — Outro
