DataSheet1_Genetics in the X-Men film franchise: mutants as allegories of difference.PDF

This article analyzes the complete corpus of live-action X-Men movies for their depictions of genetics and otherness. The researchers watched and qualitatively coded all thirteen movies produced by 20th Century Fox that take place in the same shared cinematic universe, beginning with X-Men (2000) and ending with The New Mutants (2020). The X-Men movies are unusual summer blockbusters since they explore genetic topics through their central characters, mutants, who are genetically different from their non-mutant peers. Mutants in the films evoke a plurality of analogies, such as mutant-as-Black and mutant-as-queer. These intersecting metaphors build upon a core of genetic difference to create a versatile but limited picture of prejudice, solidarity, and otherness.

本文针对真人版《X战警》系列电影的完整语料库，分析其对遗传学与他者性（otherness）的呈现方式。研究人员对二十世纪福克斯（20th Century Fox）出品、同属一个共享电影宇宙的全部13部影片开展观影与定性编码工作，时间跨度从2000年的《X战警》直至2020年的《新变种人》。《X战警》系列是别具一格的暑期档商业大片，其以核心角色变种人（mutants）为载体探讨遗传学主题——这些变种人与非变种人同伴存在遗传层面的差异。影片中的变种人催生了多重类比，例如“变种人即黑人”与“变种人即酷儿”。这些交叉隐喻以遗传差异为核心构建框架，最终形成了一套兼具灵活性与局限性的关于偏见、团结与他者性的叙事图景。