Spiritual and idealogical subtext in Samauri Jack?

[I.R Joey]

I just noticed alot this when I was watching the show.

In a recent ep where he was fighting a dual version of himself, an incarnation of all his evil (he was having a bad day, and got kind of mad) anyway I think this may have been some kind of playing out of the pushing out of evil that many reigions teach their followers to do. I think that the entire battle between the two of them may not have even happened, I think it might have all been inside Jack. I love his line

"I know you're watching, these tricks are starting to annoy me!!!"

Then there was an episode where he said

"Aku's deception runs deep, it can corrupt even good hearts."

consider that Aku is Jappanesse for evil and then substitue.

"Evil's deception runs deep, it can corrupt even good hearts."

I could point to a bunch of other ones. I wonder if this is some kind of thing related to Tartakosky's on religious beliefs?

Also my mom swears that she saw some kind of Bible parrallel in the 1st episode when he fights Aku, that he was suppouse to be a Christ like figure and that Aku was suppouse to be Satan. I don't know if that was intended though, anyone else find this interesting.

[I.R Joey]

come on guys I know I'm not crazy

[DanniB]

i find that very interesting and in a way you may be right. I'm not a religous type but I can see how Aku and Jack embody evil and a christ like figure.

[batboy2001]

Yeah, I see it, I think. Sorta.

[freakboy86]

I believe there are some definate symbolism going on here. And it WORKS!
When Samurai Jack first started Tartakovsky (sp?) gave an interview talking about how he envisioned creating a whole new 'mythology' around Samurai Jack (not one that people would worship, but a fictional mythology {ok, I know that's a redundent statement, but... } of the character) so you can really see how the show would bring forth images and symbols similar to various other myths and religions.
Either way, I just know that it's one of the BEST toons I have EVER seen!

[Singin' Stray Cat]

I haven't watched any SJ episode with the intent of looking for any symbolism yet... that will probably come with repeated viewings of the episodes, when things you don't look for stand out at you anyway...ever done that with movies?

In any case, I do think Tartakovsky and his staff have put together some interesting combinations, even on the superficial levels. For example, in the first three episodes - the dog archaeologists (both like to dig! Makes you wonder why no one thought of that sooner...)

Maybe I'll get back to you on this topic after seeing some more of the episodes and brushing up on some mythology (not just Greek either...) As for your orginal analogy, I.R., that is interesting... I'd investigate that further if I were you