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The most popular Internet meme of its time in the image of a brutal African American in a black cap and blue harness - that's who it is, the Black Lord.
The hero of various images that appeared as a result of photomontage by participants of a blog, imageboard, forum or other Internet resource.
As a media virus, it appeared in 2006. Especially popular on the following sites: "Dvach", "Cozy Lurkomorye", "Habrakhabr", Demotivation.
Prototype media virus
The charismatic and most popular image has its own prototype. Who is the Black Lord - there are several versions: according to one, this is a very real man, Ben Gunn, an American porn actor. Born in 1950 in New Jersey and was a call man. According to one version, the man had a homosexual orientation, and according to another, he was heterosexual and was a good family man with a somewhat non-standard job. Ben Gunn starred in 10 films with pornographic content, and also had a cameo role in the film "Lock, Stock, Two Smoking Barrels" directed by Guy Ritchie. Previously, his website existed (now it is not active), it had 4 photo galleries, where there were photos of the Black Lord. Immortalized in numerous photo montages, poems and a song by rapper Babangida.
Symbolism of the image
Black Lord, who is this? As an intangible image, it existed in films, animation and computer games. This is a charismatic villain who wants to enslave the whole world, seeking the destruction of everyone and everything. In classic fairy tales - a loser who always loses to good. Ancient archetype and antagonist. In Jungian psychology, the Dark Lord archetype is considered the negative side of the Father archetype. By itself, this figure can represent a tyrant, an ogre-ogre, a necromancer, an evil wizard. His synonymous remarks can be considered: Sauron from Tolkien's book "The Lord of the Rings", Darth Vader from "Star Wars", Voldemort from "Harry Potter", Koshchei from Russian folk tales. Found as an image in almost all fantasy films and books.
The Dark Lord is the antagonist of the main character or group of heroes. Rules vast and empty lands from his citadel. Has an innumerable army of warrior monsters, terrifies students and other personalities, dreams of taking over the world, or is already its Ruler. Wears a black robe, armor, spiked armor. He owns a magical artifact, which contains his power. In various readings, he is either pale, thin and weak, or huge and powerful. Often, by origin, a bastard is not a person (dark elf) or even, in fact, is undead. In the generally accepted sense, he is not a person, since the dark forces distorted everything human that was in him. According to the books, the main positive character must pass a series of tests, destroy a magical artifact -the source of the Black Lord's power. Sometimes it acts as a symbol of the principle of lesser evil and is the least of the forces of evil in the world, which makes it somewhat related to Faust "Goethe" and Woland Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita".
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