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Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire in Iran
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This chapter studies how audiences in a particular location received the movie
300
. The author examines how antiheroic constructions of the Persian King Xerxes in
300
and its sequel
Rise of an Empire
elicited strong negative reactions in Iran. Hollywood reinvented Xerxes as a force of evil, creating a corrupt representation of an Iranian national hero. The chapter shows how Iranian audiences received this plundered and corrupted version of their ancestral past.
Title: Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire in Iran
Description:
This chapter studies how audiences in a particular location received the movie
300
.
The author examines how antiheroic constructions of the Persian King Xerxes in
300
and its sequel
Rise of an Empire
elicited strong negative reactions in Iran.
Hollywood reinvented Xerxes as a force of evil, creating a corrupt representation of an Iranian national hero.
The chapter shows how Iranian audiences received this plundered and corrupted version of their ancestral past.
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