The most popular Internet meme in its time in the image of a brutal African-American in a black cap and a blue harness - that's who it is, the Black Lord.
The hero of a variety of images that appeared as a result of photomontage by members of a blog, image board, forum or other Internet resource.
As a media virus, he appeared in 2006. It is especially popular on the following sites: "Dvach", "Cozy Lurkomorye", "Habrahabr", Demotivation.
Media virus prototype
The charismatic and popular image has its own prototype. Who is the Black Lord - there are several versions: one is a very real man, Ben Gunn, an American porn actor. Born in 1950 in New Jersey and was a call man. According to one version, the man had a homosexual orientation, and according to another, he was heterosexual and was a good family man with somewhat non-standard work. Ben Gunn starred in 10 films of pornographic content, and also had a cameo role in the film "Cards, Money, Two Trunks" directed by Guy Ritchie. Previously, his site existed (it’s not working now), it had 4 photo galleries with photos of the Black Lord. Immortalized in numerous photo montages, poems and the song of rapper Babangida.
Symbolism of the image
Black Lord, who is this? As an intangible image, it existed in films, animations, and computer games. This is a charismatic villain who wants to enslave the whole world, seeking the destruction of everyone and everything. In classic tales - a loser who always loses to good. Ancient archetype and antagonist. In Jungian psychology, the archetype of the Dark Lord is considered the negative side of the archetype of the Father. This figure can represent a tyrant, an ogre-cannibal, a necromancer, an evil wizard. His synonymous remarks can be considered: Sauron from the book of Tolkien “The Lord of the Rings”, Darth Vader from “Star Wars”, Voldemort from “Harry Potter”, Koshchei from Russian folk tales. It is found as an image in almost all fantasy films and books.
The dark lord is an antagonist of the protagonist or group of heroes. He rules the vast and empty lands from his citadel. It has an innumerable army of warrior monsters, it scares horror at students and other personalities, dreams of taking over the world, or is already its Ruler. He wears a black robe, armor, and studded armor. Owns a magical artifact in which its power lies. In various readings, it is pale, thin and weak, then huge and powerful. Often, by its origin, a bastard is not a human being (dark elf) or even essentially undead. In the generally accepted sense, a person is not, because the dark forces distorted everything human that was in him. According to the books, the main positive character must pass a series of tests, destroy the magical artifact - the source of power of the Black Lord. Sometimes it acts as a symbol of the principle of lesser evil and is the smallest of the forces of evil in the world, which makes it somewhat related to Faust “Goethe” and Woland Bulgakov’s “Master and Margarita”.