When I was a kid, I had my own fantasy. Just like the other kids, it was a fantasy which is really unrealistic yet fun. I always dreamt of being a mutant, just like X-Men. Having sharp claws, reading others’ mind, and other stuffs that I really adored is my mere hope though it sounds kinda weird. But hey, I was a kid :p
In X-Men itself, the mutant becomes minor group where they have to survive within the situation that push them in the corner of society (human one). They indeed are divided into two sides. One becomes the protagonist. Those who become protagonist are Mr.X, Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, etc. And the other who is bad guy alliance. They are Magneto, Mystique, etc (well, I ain’t a bad guys fan so I am just able to mention two). I did have a fantasy which I had one of those powers to kick ass people that I hate.
Well actually this fantasy still remains until now even though I have “2” for my fore age number. But the difference is the though between what this movie projects as fiction one and what its relation with the real minor group in America (well, then i was thinking that it doesn't only happen in America, but i just want to specify it).
As I mention above that this movie tells about distinguished people who have special ability that doesn’t exist in normal humans. That is what I mean with the message of this movie as fiction one. Since we know that so far, there are no scientists saying that these creatures (mutants) exist. It is just a movie to amuse public. Therefore, it entertains those who somewhat love fiction (such as me).
However beyond the message telling that it is fiction movie, I believe that there is something behind that, something that could be the image of America (since it comes from America). Let us see what this movie displays about mutants as minority. I see that it could be the common issue with the “real” minority in America. Yes, we’re talking about Blacks, Chicanos, gay, and their friends. If we look back in history, we will find out that there were movements acted by those communities. There were Malcolm X, Virginia Wolff, and Milk. Those are people who wanted to stand up on their own ground and stated that though they weren’t as much as the majority groups but still they have rights to pursue their dream. This could be in the same way with the explicit issues in X-Men.
In X-Men, we could see the movement from mutants though it is in diplomatic way or even in radical one. I say diplomatic since there are mutants such as Jean Grey and Mr. X who try to set their community in the same level with human’s. In X-Men I, we see the scene where Jean was having a forum with human debating and negotiating about mutant’s rights. We could see as well in X-Men III which there is Beast as Mutant Ministry. It shows us that these mutants want to have the same rights with human and delete the strata of society in a way to avoid war and victims. And as we know that the women movement had similarities point with this one, there were some American female writers who tried to break the women discrimination at that time. They wrote to speak what they couldn’t express. In the other hand, we also have mutants who want to dominate and hold the supreme in a radical way. Of course they are the antagonist ones. They do whatever it takes in order to put their society above human being. They lost a fight to pursue what they’ve dreamt of.
However, I couldn’t stop thinking of what really happens in our society. What should be spoken is sometimes forbidden. There might be an opinion that there will be brighter day for everybody. But I just don’t find that shiny and promising path for those minority groups. Hopefully it is about the time to wait that moment. A moment to make a move.
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