“There are new gods growing in America, clinging to growing knots of belief: gods of credit card and freeway, of Internet and telephone, of radio and hospital and television, gods of plastic and of beeper and of neon. Proud gods, fat and foolish creatures, puffed up with their own newness and importance. “They are aware of us, they fear us, and they hate us,” said Odin. “You are fooling yourselves if you believe otherwise.”
Neil Gaiman, ‘American Gods’
‘American Gods’, the TV series, is broadcasted on Starz since April the 30th, on Amazon Prime Video since today, May the 1st. A very interesting experiment, among the most awaited of the season, ‘American Gods’ is drawn from the homonymous Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel and deals with religion, mythology, life. Throughout the history, many gods and many religions passed and, traditional divinities a part, many people consider money, success, technology and mass media likely to be venerated, even more than the others. Now (altro…)