The artist's show of drawings and paper constructions continued his sly, joyous subversion of traditional mediums. In the Renaissance, the renewal of interest in Greek and Roman mythology opened the way for political subversion as well as propaganda. If those protests lead to constitutionally questionable successions, it becomes a subversion of democracy. The director's subversion of the hero myth is spelled out clearly by the contrast between the movie's two parts. London's image to many is cold, wealthy and impersonal, but its real history is of revolt and subversion.
This latest round of cultural subversion fatally compromised Wall Street's ability to hold its own against New Deal reformers. This fall's literary landscape fairly bristles with weirdness, perversion, and subversion. For every advance in open and democratic publishing, we must expect a response, a counter-manoeuvre and attempts at subversion and negation.
