For some reason in recent history, states that lean Republican are known as "Red" states while states that go for the Dems are known as "Blue" states.
McLuhan would've had a field day with this. But I suppose it has to with the color red being connected to a visceral, reactionary and regressive point of view compared with blue, a cooler, rational and more intellectual vantage point.
At any rate, I have been watching the original Star Wars trilogy on VHS again. This is a classic recognized for using universal symbols of good and evil. I hope you all notice Darth Vader and the bad guys use red light sabers while Luke Skywalker uses a blue light saber.
The Sith (evil) all use red sabers.
ReplyDeleteIn the expanded universe (i.e. video games) The Jedi (good) use a variety of colors, relating to their roles.
I looked it up on wikipedia to confirm, and learned that colors other than blue came about from technical and artistic reasons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_saber#Colors
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