CRM 312 Lecture Notes - Butterfly Knife, Variety Store, White Supremacy
21 Nov 2013
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Postmodernism analysis: makes alison yong"s argument straightforward; systemic wrongs of postmodern society. Film: falling down (michael douglas as main character) Summary: michael douglas is stuck in traffic, the noises are intensifying and overwhelming (people yelling, honking, bus full of children screaming, etc. ) & weather is too warm and there is a fly in the car with him. These factors eventually drive him to simply leave his car and walk away. Symbols of late-modernity are present: financial problems, religion, irritability (makes the ordinary extraordinary) And especially narcissism: where everyone is looking out just for themselves. Summary: michael douglas enters the variety store to get change for a phone call, the owner says he must buy something first so douglas chooses the cheapest thing one would assume a can of coke. This is a sign of capitalism and monopoly: the shopowner holds the power to sell at the price he names and the customer would be hopeless against it.
