The Bachelor as Monomyth?
Vulture writer, Olivia Crandall, recently made her case that hit TV show, The Bachelor, closely follows Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. “Simba, Harry Potter, Peter Weber. What do these young pups have in common? No, it’s not...
Joseph Campbell in Culture
The Mandalorian’s Giancarlo Esposito talks Joseph Campbell and Star Wars
Giancarlo Esposito, who portrays Moff Gideon on Disney+’s The Mandalorian, recently discussed Joseph Campbell and the mythic roots of the hit show. “Originally George Lucas had a mentor and friend in Joseph Campbell. Joseph...
‘Gretel and Hansel’ Director Points to Campbell and Collective Unconscious
Osgood “Oz” Perkins, son of acclaimed actor Anthony Perkins of Psycho fame, talked recently about the lens he brought to his latest film, Gretel and Hansel. “Fairytales are elementally rooted in the collective unconscious....
Acclaimed Jeweler Points to Campbell as Inspiration
Acclaimed Jeweler and creator of Bee Goddess, Ece Sirin points to Joseph Campbell, and specifically his book, Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine as inspiration for her celebrated work. She told Vanity Fair, “He...
New Exhibit, Terminus, at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Takes Campbell’s Hero’s Journey into New Artistic Spaces
The title of the current exhibition showing at Heide Museum of Modern Art is an apt one as Terminus alludes to a finishing point or the attaining of a final goal. This notion of a quest,...
Akira The Don & Joseph Campbell: The First Function of Mythology
British musician, DJ, and producer Akira the Don is bringing the work of Joseph Campbell to new audiences through his music. His latest album, Songs of Mythology, deals with many of Campbell’s concepts concerning...
UNC-Duke Basketball and Joseph Campbell
“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious...
NBA Legend, Kobe Bryant, Studied Campbell Deeply and Spoke of His Importance
NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, who died on January 26, had been vocal about his study of Joseph Campbell, and specifically The Hero’s Journey. Ramona Shelburne, a reporter for ESPN, recounted her conversations with Bryant...
Listen to UW-Milwaukee Philosophy Professor Talk Campbell, Mythology, and Star Wars on NPR
Mark Peterson is a philosophy professor at UW-Milwaukee’s College of General Studies, where he co-teaches a course on superheroes and mythology. “The actual structure of the course is an application of semiotic theory to...
Rocker Vernon Reid compares Jimi Hendrix to a “Joseph Campbell character, a Hero with a Thousand Faces”
Musician, Vernon Reid, front man for the legendary rock band Living Color, recently invoked Joseph Campbell when talking about the influence of Jimi Hendrix on music. “Hendrix is like a Joseph Campbell character, a...
