The new bad guys, or where are the good guys?

Authors

  • Nancy Mercedes Urosa Salazar Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador Núcleo de Investigación de Artes y Dibujo Técnico https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5624-4758

Abstract

This article is the result of the presentation made at the 3rd Obitel meeting. An exploratory hermeneutical investigation within the qualitative paradigm, on contemporary serial narratives. It reflects, using a semiological interpretation from the aesthetics of reception, in the exposure of evil on the faustian myth, through the main characters in four series: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Blacklist and Peaky Blinders, notable productions by the audience consumption and the awards received from specialized critics. The characterization of these “new bad guys” can be evidenced in characters who possess complex and multidimensional traits, which, to a certain extent, promotes their understanding and even admiration, despite their inherent perverse condition. The ethical and moral guideline as reasoning and acts that come from a semiotics interpretive of situations, takes Ayn Rand's approach to altruism. In the reality that supports fictional discourses, where are the good ones? Is one of the possible conclusive questions.

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Author Biography

Nancy Mercedes Urosa Salazar, Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador Núcleo de Investigación de Artes y Dibujo Técnico

Artista Multidisciplinaria, docente e investigadora. Licenciada en Cinematografía, egresada de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Magíster en Artes Plásticas y Doctora en Cultura y Arte para América Latina y el Caribe de la Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador (UPEL). Coordinadora de la Maestría en Artes Plásticas, del Núcleo de Investigación NIADT y de la línea de investigación Prácticas Artísticas Contemporáneas del Departamento de Arte UPEL-IPC. Investigadora y profesora invitada del ININCO - UCV y del Diplomado de Arte Contemporáneo UNIMET. Productora audiovisual, curadora de arte, artista de performance y arte público, conferencista y blogfesora.

Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

Urosa Salazar, Nancy Mercedes. 2021. “The New Bad Guys, or Where Are the Good Guys?”. Anuario ININCO / Investigaciones De La Comunicación 33 (1):67-80. http://caelum.ucv.ve/ojs/index.php/rev_ai/article/view/29149.