[EVA]Hospital Bedside Antics (was Parental Figures)
Rachel K. Clark
rachel.k.clark at comcast.net
Thu Aug 10 12:10:03 EDT 2006
Carl wrote:
<< I always thought that Shinji's hand-to-gland combat at the beginning
of THE END OF EVANGELION was at least in part Anno's wish to comment
bluntly on the sexualization Gainax puts into its own anime, EVA in
particular. It was his way of saying, "Yeah, you out there in the
audience, you know who you are--and you know who we are." >>
Then there would also be a heavy hand of irony, as well, since Shinji =
Anno. >:D
(Don't you mean "glans"? </nitpick>)
<< It's interesting that Shinji fires the one o'clock gun when Asuka is
literally comatose >>
Probably just drugged-up after she was collected from her Roman Bath.
--Reichu
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