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I have not actually watched this film (because it’s probably not good). And yes I’m aware that Dracula is actually an anti-semitic caricature of the feudal aristocracy. Doctor Frankenstein is the actual bourgeois, while the monster is his proletarian creation. Neither can actually exist without the other. The monster is the real hero of the story and the proletariat is the hero of history.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Doctor Frankenstein is a slave master that enslaves his own children; Frankenstein Jr regains his humanity through the struggle against his own exploitation and oppression, and in that process rehumanizes Dr Frankenstein by dethroning him from godhood and bringing him back down to Earth.

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

"Blah! I vant to extract your surplus labor value!"

"Over my cold, dead, body."

[-] Stoatmilk@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Vampires are bourgeoisie, frankensteins are petite bourgeoisie, skeletons are proletarian

[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Dracula posting mattjak

[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Obligatory "that's not Frankenstein, that's Frankenstein's monster!"

[-] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

The team-ups and combinations were the final nail in the coffin for Universal movie monsters.

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