All of us within have a point, a corner that loves excellence. Mediocrity might be useful, but mediocrity cannot be loved. The Superman really is the highest potentiality resting within each of us. So, instead of that real Superman, we create, draw, and imagine caricatures of Superman in the form of superhero movies. Being the Superman is not entertainment, it is sacrifice, it is penance, it is austerity, it is Tapasya in the real sense.
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Questioner: Good evening, sir. My question is related to superhero films. As you have said cinema is a powerful medium for social change apart from being extremely entertaining. In recent years we have seen how superhero movies have dominated the market in Hollywood and how the collection of such films has generally crossed a billion dollars which is more than the GDP of ten per cent of the nations in the world. So, these movies are basically based on visual effects and star power.
They are very successful. And people usually fantasize about superheroes very much. So, I want to ask that why these films are so successful and why people fantasize about superheroes so much. And is it because of the reflection of our inner inferiorities?
Acharya Prashant: See, when you normalize mediocrity then one will be compelled to look for excellence at unexpected places. In the name of democracy and liberal values, we have normalized mediocrity. So, for example, you call a fat person as ‘a fat person’ and fat, by definition, is someone who is overweight and whose figure has abnormally high proportions. But if you call a fat person as ‘a fat person’, that is called body shaming. So, what has happened is that everything that is mediocre has been attempted to look respectable in some way or the other.
