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Hence the rise of the SNAD (sensitive new age devil). Next thing you
know, someone's going to turn the devil into a hero. Repeat, THE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOING TO TURN THE DEVIL INTO A HERO. In Little
Nicky, Adam Sandler (whom we have long suspected of being the devil
anyway) comes to New York to battle his two older brothers who are
creating Hell on earth. This devil is out to save the world. Spawn
(which spawned both an animated and a live-action version) and the
upcoming HellBoy, both feature demons who do good.
So just what does this
resurgence of interest indicate? Could it be something as simple
as the fact that all the little kids who grew up watching '70s
horror movies are now deciding to make some their own? Or have
we, as a society, become more at ease with the devil? He's been
around so long, he's practically one of the family - unlike God,
that mysterious long lost uncle who always forgets to send you a
birthday card. Maybe we're just happier personifying evil than
good; its both simpler andmore entertaining. When religion has
become simply a plot device, there is still something absurdly
comforting in seeing evil personified in convenient human
form.
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It isn't so easy being the ultimate evil anymore, especially
since there's so much more competition. In a world where we're
clearly evil ourselves, it's hard not to have sympathy for the
devil. From buying SUVs and Nike running shoes to not taking our
vitamins, our own daily transgressions make Satan's occasional
bad deed seem almost quaint. Here's a guy who will still step up
and take it on the chin before being chased back to hell by some
self-righteous human with a gun. You gotta give him credit for
trying. Perhaps our renewed interest in the devil is just
nostalgia for a simpler system, when evil was conveniently
packaged up in one form and good in another. Whether you
absorbed your world view from church or screen, it was white hat
versus black hat. Good was good, and bad, well, bad was the
devil himself.
He's still bad, but Goddamit, he looks so good.
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Dorothy
Woodend is a writer, illustrator and teacher living in
Vancouver. She recently completed a series of illustrations for a
children's book entitled Maggie & Shine (published by
Hodgepog Books in July 1999), and has written and illustrated for both
the Vancouver Sun and the Loop Magazine.
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by Dorothy: In Praise of Sloth
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