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stretched beyond simply the viewing of the films and have become a much broader
project of equality and acceptance which seems completely divorced from the text
itself. In other words, the reading formations of American Godzilla fans have nei
ther a fixed text nor a fixed interpretation, and it is impossible to draw any safe
conclusions about what Godzilla represents to them. Perhaps this extreme muta
bility is also the secret of Godzilla’s enduring popularity and the reason for its easy
naturalization in American culture. While these films have never set box office
records, Godzilla continues to have a remarkably long and successful career as a
mythical symbol of infinite adaptation, transformation, and interpretation.
University of Iowa
Anthony Enns
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