Coffin Joe: between a Nietzschean intellectual and blasphemous exiles
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Coffin Joe, Blasphemy, Exiles, Friedrich Nietzsche, Cinema.Abstract
The purpose of this article is to understand the construction of the Coffin Joe character, created and played by filmmaker José Mojica Marins, from the perspective of blasphemy. The text also defends Coffin Joe as a character created as a reminiscence of two blasphemous Modern Era archetypes, to with, the lower-class tavern-dwelling drunk and the upper-class irreligious intellectual. In order to defend said proposition, the article is based on analyses by Pieroni (2002) on exiles sent by Portugal to Brazil and texts critical of Christianity written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (2012; 2013), comparing them with lines of dialog and acts practiced by Mojica’s character. The text concludes that a good portion of Coffin Joe’s success derives from his disposition of revolt against moral institutions, while enticing curiosity and generating disgust in the public.Downloads
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