--- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, "Sue" <sue_0770@...> wrote:
>
> I've sometimes wondered if men secretly fantasise about being King
> Kong! ..well he does get the girl! :-)
>
He also gets killed.

I tend to think that Kong represents a number of things, but there are
very few points in the film where anyone identifies with Kong (and I
mean the original film, as I think the 70s version is botched, and I
haven't seen the most recent version and probably won't unless it turns
up at the local drive-in theater as part of a double bill this summer,
and I doubt it would since it is now yesterday's news).

I don't tend to identify with other monsters either (and Kong is a
monster, although he isn't always presented as monsterous), except for
a few moments in 'Frankenstine' (30s Universal version), and for a good
deal of 'Young Frankenstine' (where the monster also gets the girl,
only to discover that he doesn't want her).