How King Kong Became the Eighth Wonder of Pop Culture
Every one of us, whether we are old senior citizens from the boomer generation or the new-age Gen-Z or millennials, have watched the famous 2005 film King Kong, starring several well-established actors like Jack Black or Naomi Watts.
All of us once thought while watching that film that:
“Woah! Who thought of such a unique concept as King Kong, where a friendly animal that we have seen in zoos can become such a large threat, unlike the already extinct historical dinosaurs of Jurassic Park?”
Well, who thought of it?
So let us dive into the history of King Kong today…
Read on!
So who is King Kong?
Well, there might be some readers who don’t know what King Kong is. Well, no judgment here between us, fellas, I will tell you who King Kong is.
So, King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World.
Well, some people might think that King Kong is just a movie from the 2000s. Those people are very, very wrong, my friends.
Well, tell us, Krish, when was King Kong created and who created it?
Well, the long-living legacy of King Kong goes back to 1933, when American filmmaker Merian C. Cooper, conceived and created the idea of a giant-sized gorilla on the top of a building, thus giving birth to his long-living franchise of King Kong, which has been turned into stage plays, manga, comics, animations, and films.
The King Kong franchise, created by Merian C. Cooper about 100 years ago, grew so huge that he pitted his Kong against dinosaur-sized reptiles called Godzilla, influenced by the Komodo Dragons.
The films and stories of King Kong and Godzilla have been used, made, and remade into plays, films, and stories, keeping the legacy and life's work of Merian C. Cooper alive.
Some famous films of the franchise were King Kong, Kong: Return to the Jungle, Kong: Skull Island, and Godzilla vs. Kong.
Well, why am I talking about King Kong today?
King Kong has been a very important fragment or part of today's known pop culture and has been referenced several times in the form of jokes and Easter eggs in films like The Yellow Submarine by The Beatles or series like The Goodies and Simpsons.
This creation of Merian C. Cooper has had a major contribution to the moulding of today's pop culture and the new-age traditions and mythologies known by the current generation.
The motive of this story was to explain to every reader that everything, good or bad, or even something legendary like King Kong, has a story behind it, which we must strive to know.
This applies not just to pop-culture references but also to people, situations, and life in general.
We must strive to know.
Until next time,
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