Marxism and pop-culture

Here is perhaps the very definition of pseudo-academia, that is using academic theories and philosophies and applying them to well mindless bits of entertainment. If your unfamiliar with Dragon Ball Z its a Japanese cartoon that was originally an homage to the ancient (well 16th century) Chinese tale Journey to the West but quickly became a rather silly story about super powered aliens were it often took them three whole episodes to get ready to do anything.