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Because of their long, persistent association with humans, cockroaches are frequently referred to in art, literature, folk tales and theater and film. In Western culture, cockroaches are often depicted as vile and dirty pests. Their size, long antennae, shiny appearance and spiny legs make them disgusting to many humans, sometimes even to the point of phobic responses.〔David Berle (2007) Graded Exposure Therapy for Long-Standing Disgust-Related Cockroach Avoidance in an Older Male. Clinical Case Studies 6(4):339-347 〕〔C.M. Botella, M.C. Juan, R.M. Banos, M. Alcaniz, V. Guillen, B. Rey. (2005) Mixing Realities? An Application of Augmented Reality for the Treatment of Cockroach Phobia. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 8(2): 162-171. .〕 This is borne out in many depictions of cockroaches, from political versions of the song La Cucaracha where political opponents are compared to cockroaches, through the 1982 movie Creepshow and TV shows such as the X-files, to the Hutu extremists' reference to the Tutsi minority as cockroaches during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 and the controversial cartoons published in the "Iran weekly magazine" in 1996 which implied a comparison between Iranian Azeris and cockroaches. Not all depictions of cockroaches are purely negative, however. In the Pixar film ''Wall-E'', a cockroach that has survived all humanity is the lead character's (a robot's) best friend, and waits patiently on him to return. The same cockroach survives getting squished twice. In the film Joe's Apartment, the cockroaches help the titular hero, and the narrator of the book Archy and Mehitabel is a sympathetic cockroach. In the book ''Revolt of the Cockroach People'', an autobiographical novel by Oscar Zeta Acosta, cockroaches are used as a metaphor for oppressed and downtrodden minorities in US society in the 1960s and 70s. The image of cockroaches as resilient also leads people to compare themselves to cockroaches. Madonna has famously quoted, "I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can't get rid of me."〔("I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can't get rid of me." - Madonna )〕 "Cockroach", or some variant of it is also used as a nickname, for example Boxing coach Freddie Roach, who was nicknamed La Cucaracha (The Cockroach) when he was still competing as a fighter. For on-screen moments, TV shows and movies often employ the Madagascar hissing cockroach due to its large size and very slow speed. ==In film== *''Gagamboy''- There is a super villain named Ipis Man (Cockroach Man) portrayed by Jay Manalo who later became Gagamboy (portrayed by Vhong Navarro)'s arch nemesis who accidentally ate a cockroach in a sandwich. *''Joe's Apartment'' — The bugs are cheerful, swinging party-goers who help the titular human hero. *''Twilight of the Cockroaches'' — A hybrid anime/live-action Japanese film featuring a society of cockroaches living in a bachelor's apartment that faces extermination when a cockroach-phobic woman moves in. *''Creepshow'' — Swarms of them terrorize a cantankerous and verminophobic old man in the segment, "They're Creeping Up On You." *''Damnation Alley'' — A post-apocalyptic Salt Lake City, Utah is infected with a four-inch long, flesh-eating mutant variety (played by the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach). *''Mimic '' — Diseased cockroaches are the target of the genetically-altered titular species. *''Bug'' — also starred Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, this time able to produce fire from their abdomens, wreaking havoc. *''Men in Black'' — Edgar the Bug's actions threaten to lead to the destruction of the Earth. *''An American Tail'' — the chief villain, Warren T. Rat, carries with him a cockroach named Digit whom he forces to count his money and frequently abuses, even threatening to eat him at one point. *''Naked Lunch'' — the main character, William Lee's "case worker" appears to him in the form of large cockroach that speaks through a hole in its abdomen. Later, this cockroach appears again as a hybrid of a cockroach/typewriter that has a keypad on its face. The case worker reveals his name as "Clark Nova", which also happens to be the name of Lee's typewriter model. *''Godzilla vs Gigan'' — both ''King Ghidorah'' and ''Gigan'' are controlled remotely by ''Nebulans'', an alien race of giant cockroaches that inherited a waste planet after the dominant species on it polluted it into oblivion. *''Scarface'' (1983 version) — Tony refers to Gaspar Gomez and the Diaz Brothers, rival gang leaders to Frank Lopez, as cockroaches in one of the film's most famous lines: "I'll bury those cock-a-roaches." *''Pacific Heights'' — The Michael Keaton character breeds and releases cockroaches in the apartment building as part of his plan against the landlords. *''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'' — Freddy Krueger kills Debbie by transforming her into a cockroach and trapping her inside a roach motel before crushing the trap. *'' WALL-E'' — WALL-E keeps a cockroach as his pet. *''West Side Story'' — in both the Broadway musical (1957) and film (1961), the Jets, the Anglo-American gang, refers to the Sharks, the Puerto Rican gang, as cockroaches. *''Enchanted '' — Cockroaches (and other pests) assist a princess with housecleaning duties such as scrubbing the bathtub. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cockroaches in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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