I never thought I would see this day.
Look at the layers on that video essay cake! And the final graphic at the end just TICKLES me with its adorable perfection.
“…our perceptions of gender are shifting…”
” …and that can only make our world much more super.”
BOOM. Zoom on the ‘S’. Credits. I am so proud of myself.
How crap must your movie be if you think a cleavage would sell it better?
This delightful, awful brilliance is everything that is wrong with the media industry. Look at it DRIPPING with male gaze and female objectification! There are a wide range of styles and genres, many of them commodifying the female body to sell their disturbing/adult/raunchy work. Some of these films are even massive releases like Matrix Reloaded and GI Joe – such is their acceptability and proven chances of marketing success. God forbid they even realise that women might have a face, personality, and life beyond their boobs + legs selling point, right?
Feedback and suggestions from Brian:
I will also have to create and add the conclusion as well, of course.
Overall I think Brian approved of the style, texture, and visuals of the video which is something to be thankful for because whilst it’s great that the “potpourri” reference from the “Video Essay video essay” really stuck, it was also a point of great stress and effort. For the better, of course!
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Ideas for implementing our feedback:
I need more coffee. And time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPQK6cLObUc
The Kardashians are a constructed familiar narrative of upwards mobility and female consumerism that resonate with audiences. There is a fine line between envy and emulation that the Kardashians are successfully able to play with. Drawing from the video above, the viewer is amused by Kylie’s problems, possibly even yearning to have similar luxurious worries. There is a familiar American Dream narrative at work that has led to their popularity: the immigrant Armenian family who have worked their way up. The traditional narratives of meritocratic upward mobility for men and rags to riches Cinderella transformation for women are also VERY familiar and comfortable narratives to an audience. It’s also worth noting that the publicity around Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ wedding mirrored that of Kate and William.
The Kardashians also have also been called “petite celebrities” who revere the “real” celebrities’ status and lifestyle, attempting to use economic capital rather than talent for access into the field. In a way, this mirrors the viewers’ aspiration for upward mobility, fame even, which could make them more relatable.
The show also emphasises neoliberal politics (celebrating free market, wealth accumulation, and entrepreneurialism) as well as the postfeminist culture of girl power, self-cultivation, sexual freedom, consuming of feminized goods. The Kardashians appeal to the strong consumer demographic of young women who wants to buy things to improve themselves while viewing the Kardashians as some sort of leaders e.g. Kylie’s lip kit.
WORK ATTACHMENT LECTURE NOTES
I am so excited for these! Now I just need to start writing some kickass expressions of interests, spiffy up my resume, and then find some actual places to send them to.
My ideal attachments would be in the theatre, fashion, opera, dance, live performance, or literature industries assisting their marketing or PR departments in creating material to promote shows and other events.
I am a recent convert to this show (thanks peer pressure!) and I never want to look back again. Part of this show’s charm is its unabashed self-referencing, self-conscious meta-ness. No one is safe, not the actors, writers, directors, or especially genre. Sure, that’s nothing new but the show does it with so much love and fun. It’s unpretentious comedy and in that it achieves quiet sophistication and very loud laughs.
The episode titled is from the first season and what many critics argue to be the best of the season. It was also awarded Comedy Episode of the Year at the Gold Derby Awards and came in third in its time slot during airing. As TIME critic James Poniewozik puts it, “a lot of sitcoms can make you laugh. It’s a rare one that can so fully share the sense of joy its cast, writers and crew have in making the show“. This episode satirises every beautiful cliche from the action genre, personal favourite moments including those between Jeff and Britta as the last-two-standing-with-unresolved-sexual-tension-and-witty-banter complete with the shirtless man being tended to by attractive female trope.
Stakes are high with this paintball game, Priority Registration (first pick at classes) as the prize. The paint-caked school grounds could rival that of any apocalyptic city and alliances are formed and broken – all delivered with a gloriously straight face because that’s how the Community cookie crumbles.
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And it goes without saying: cut it shorter!! To quote the great Dolly Parton, 9 toooo 5 (minutes). Literally.
Started watching this the other day from the god given SBS On Demand…but I fell asleep and it expired at midnight. DAMMIT. It was like Virgin Suicides meets Greta Gerwig but in Spanish. Now I gotta find it.