8/17/2019 Media-Defined as Postmodern

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Modernism-

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Deletion-

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;omance scenes, attracti0e cast-e)*ecte&

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<airy tale-man-=7east

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Futurism

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‘;eal hero’-(airy tale moments

‘8 my lo0e’ &eath not re0enge

+i)ture o( songs is not e)*ecte& o( thegenre yet

Theory-

.enette-‘3uotations’-interte)tualre(erences

Le0i-Strauss-Deletion, a&&ition,su7stitution, trans*osition

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<uture reliant on ‘sel(-re(erential 2oes’

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<uture o( *omo-simulacra-no relation tooriginal reality-Bau&rillar&

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BlacAoutsi&ers

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@o goo& guys yet you root (or the &ri0erAhero

Sharscor*ion (a7le4

‘;eal hero’ song

‘8 my lo0e’ when Shannon &ies

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actualy hi&&en message a7out (athers an&sons4 Layers o( reality-legohumnhuman withmo0ing lego

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Hy*er-real (uturistic setting

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