{"id":107059,"date":"2016-04-03T07:35:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T07:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/03\/bookishandi-how-to-break-my-heart-a-tutorial\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T19:31:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T19:31:36","slug":"bookishandi-how-to-break-my-heart-a-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/03\/bookishandi-how-to-break-my-heart-a-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-107059 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/03\/bookishandi-how-to-break-my-heart-a-tutorial\/attachment\/107060\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo1_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail 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src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo4_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo4_250-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo4_250-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/03\/bookishandi-how-to-break-my-heart-a-tutorial\/attachment\/107065\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo5_250-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo5_250-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_nqkoa14sRs1u8209zo5_250-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/bookishandi.tumblr.com\/post\/123667905736\" target=\"_blank\">bookishandi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>How to: break my heart. A tutorial by Mad Max: Fury Road<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about this scene a little, because I noticed a particular detail in my last viewing that\u2019s had me buzzing and buzzing crying a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the obvious: the whole film Nux has wanted to establish his life has some meaning by dying\u00a0\u201chistoric on the Fury Road.\u201d Of course, all his previous efforts were attempts to continue things the way they were\u2013in Immortal Joe\u2019s terms. Thus, those deaths would not have really been <i>historic<\/i>. They would have been forgotten, just another blip in the status quo. In crashing the rig and allowing the wives to return to the Citadel, Nux does in fact fulfill his wish to die historic\u2013without his actions, the wives likely would not have been able to return to the city and enact the changes they inevitably do. His death <i>matters<\/i> in a way none of the other deaths in the film do\u2013it matters to changing the future, and thus becomes an important part of the future Citadel\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Nux only knows how to do that in his own terms, though\u2013the terms of the War Boys. Thus, his death only gains significance if it is witnessed. For Nux, the action itself is not as important as it being seen and acknowledged. This makes a lot of sense in terms of Immortal Joe\u2019s world and its patriarchal structure. Individuals are not important, actions don\u2019t matter unless they are showy and seen\u2013all life boils down not to meaningful actions but to <i>showing off<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s why this film is a feminist masterpiece, and why this scene in particular cements that: Capable\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Capable does witness him. She locks eyes and acknowledges the significance of his action, of his inevitable death. But she doesn\u2019t respond like one of the War Boys\u2013when the War Boys die asking to be witnessed, the others respond yelling\u00a0\u201cWitnessed!\u201d This answer does say,\u00a0\u201cI have seen your action, it matters,\u201d but hollered with usual the War Boy bravado, it also acts as an attempt for the witness<i>ing <\/i>War Boys to build up their own importance by making themselves part of the action.<\/p>\n<p>Capable does not yell\u00a0\u201cWitnessed.\u201d She responds with a gesture\u2013holding her hand out and pulling it toward her heart. This is the Vuvalini\u2019s gesture of mourning\u2013a beautiful gesture that essentially mimics pulling the lost soul into one\u2019s own heart. Capable has only just learned this gesture, but she seems to innately understand its significance. Thus, while she witnesses Nux\u2019s death, she refuses to\u00a0\u201cwitness\u201d him in the sense of the War Boys and instead mourns him in the manner of the Vuvalini. Nux likely sees this\u2013the editing implies he doesn\u2019t turn the rig until after he\u2019s seen the gesture. Thus, he knows he is witnessed, but more importantly, he knows that he will be <i>mourned <\/i>and <i>remembered. <\/i>With that knowledge, he finally has the strength and the worthy reason to sacrifice his life for a cause that matters.<\/p>\n<p>This moment is also the moment Immortal Joe\u2019s power is officially broken. Yes, Joe is dead, but Rictus and a whole gang of War Boys and their ilk are photon their wheels, ready to re-establish the status quo. In many ways it is a transfer of power\u2013the last call to witness leads to the first time the Wives truly embrace the culture and ideology of the Vuvalini as their guiding principle. Joe\u2019s power is broken not so much by the explosion\u2013though that is certainly the blunt force that finishes the deal. Joe\u2019s power is broken by self sacrifice\u2013a self-sacrifice born not of bravado or the hope of becoming a legend, but one born of community, of love, of hope. Capable\u2019s response guarantees that Nux\u2019s sacrifice will be honored and remembered, but in a new way in their new world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bookishandi: How to: break my heart. A tutorial by Mad Max: Fury Road Let\u2019s talk about this scene a little, because I noticed a particular detail in my last viewing that\u2019s had me buzzing and buzzing crying a lot. Let\u2019s start with the obvious: the whole film Nux has wanted to establish his life has &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/03\/bookishandi-how-to-break-my-heart-a-tutorial\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[13127,1513,1512,13126,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107066,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107059\/revisions\/107066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}