Here is the link to the video used in the Chernobyl presentation. The news report is from April 28, 1986 (a year after DeLillo's White Noise). #L525 https://t.co/NAcNsYbhc5
It was intresting to see the word "boring" keep making an appearance in M.T. Anderson's Feed, given that the characters have a limitless connection to the feednet. #L525
Holy Terror argues that Islam is an antiquated belief system by making their women wear burqas. But what about the antiquated gender roles in play? Natalie Stack ends up being just another damsel in distress. #L525
Just finished watching TDKR animated movie. It was intresting to see how some of the artwork was censored, particularly Bruno and her assless chaps. #L525
Often fiction materializes into reality. Harvey Dent's plot to attack the twin towers with a bomb in TDKR (1986) materialized in 1993 with the bombing of the World Trade Center. #L525.
Why is the Nike recuperation ad seem more seamless than the Pepsi ad? Perhaps it has to do with the figurehead used. Kaepernick is seen as a social justice hero, while Kendall Jenner is associated with profiting. Still, both ads are blatant recuperation. #L525