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Men in Black (1997)

Film
DirectorBarry Sonnenfeld
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Figures

Objects & symbols
  • The Neuralyzer device.
Tropes
  • The professional and personal dynamic between Agent K and Agent J. → Performative Masculinity
  • The MiB's secret mandate and their underground headquarters.
  • The commercialized and often grotesque designs of the aliens, such as Jeebs and the Worm Guys. → The Commodity Fetish
  • Agent J's transformation from James Darrell Edwards III into an MiB agent.
  • The MiB's function as a secret immigration and policing agency for aliens on Earth.
  • The film's conclusion, revealing the galaxy is a marble in a cosmic alien's game. → The Hyperreal Mirage

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