[UA] Vin Diesel, avatar of...?

[Chris Hall]

I think that, despite his hyper-masculine persona, I'd put him down  
as The Mystic Hermaphrodite, because what you're describing is a  
persona that thrives on ambiguity of all kinds, straddling the usual  
dichotomies of society. As I understand it, the Hermaphrodite is more  
about uncertainty and ambiguity in general than simply androgyny, no?
On Jun 1, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Rich Ranallo wrote:

> I was thinking about a forum discussion about Vin Diesel a while  
> back. Someone had mentioned that in recent interviews, Vin had  
> started acting more and more...saying "more and more gay" might be  
> disingenuous, but he certainly led a lot of the audience to think  
> that, without actually saying anything.
>
> Anyway, I got to thinking about earlier conversations about him.  
> Apparently, no one could guess at his ethnicity; any number of  
> possiblities seem equally likely; he's played black characters,  
> Jewish ones, Italian, and so on, but he's never said anything about  
> his own background in that regard.
>
> Somehow, this air of deliberate mystery strikes me as avatar  
> beahvior: the man everyone can recognize, but who no one knows  
> anything about. Does this make sense to anyone, and if so, what  
> archetype would this be? Does anyone else fit the mold?
>
> -- 
> From Whom It May Concern,
> Rich Ranallo
>
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