Here are the things I'd like you to consider for section this week:
- According to Feuer, what are some important characteristics 80’s TV as a medium and in its relationship to the government, Reaganism, and postmodernism (key terms: complicitous critique, MTV, art/commerce, cable flow, authoritarian populism)?
- What is a yuppie? What is yuppie guilt, how is it integral to being a yuppie, and how does Feuer argue it was portrayed on TV in the 80’s? How are yuppies tied to her larger argument about TV in the 80’s? What are some examples from our screenings that expound yuppie culture and yuppie guilt? How do they appeal to both leftist and rightist viewers through giving multiple subject positions to identify with/through?
- Please bring with you any questions you have about the final essay that pertain to the class (ie more general issues about writing, argumentation, narrowing your topic, etc. -please bring individual questions about your particular project for office hours). Over the next few weeks I’ll be taking some of each section to talk about tips for writing research essays.
And here are two videos to get you in the postmodern mood:
Blondie's "Rapture" (Please note the goat: the running joke in the class I took last year on PoMo theory/performance was that it isn't truly postmodern without a goat.)
And, of course, "Safety Dance." Because awesome.
Cheers!
Josh
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