Experts: ‘Truman Syndrome’ Delusion Growing
More People Report Imaginary ‘Real’ Celebrity
NEW YORK — Maybe it’s fallout from all those reality shows, or a new kind of video-age paranoia. Either way, researchers are reporting what they call the “Truman syndrome” — a delusion among some people that their lives are secretly playing out on a reality TV [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The real surprise is my own realization that my life *isn’t* a reality show.
Posted in movies, television on November 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Can anyone explain why this is so funny?
Posted in advertising on November 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Seriously. Because every time I watch this Stanley Steemer commercial, I bust out laughing until I start coughing. It just cracks me up!
Gus, 1999-2008
Posted in image on November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you have been following this blog from the beginning, you might recall my nod to Gus, The World’s Ugliest Dog. Gus became a pictorial representation of my bad haircut the first week of class, proudly exhibiting all his cuteness on the very first entry into this blog.
Alas, Gus has died this week after a [...]
FW10: Dinner Party
Posted in food, in-class freewrite on November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
given the theme I have had about fast food (and that we have already been talking about cheesy tots this morning), I would probably invite Colonel Sander’s, the original Kentucky Fried Chicken guy. I would invite him so that he can, well, cook. Cuz I am alwasy up for some KFC and [...]
Have It Your Way
Posted in advertising, food on November 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
As some of you know, I have a slight obsession with Burger King. Not only am I especially fond of their Cheesy Tots,
(and have a freewrite dedicated to them on this very blog) but also, I am pretty much terrified of their advertising mascot, that of The Burger King Guy. Seriously, he scares the crap [...]
“Running has a very hot friend.” WTF???!!
Posted in advertising, class discussion post, gender, image, television on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow. I had to pause in the middle of reading your Rhetorical Analysis papers to post this video. Mark, from the 11:55 class, has chosen these New Balance ads for his text up for analysis. I was so shocked at this commercial…it is soooooo sexual. To sell sneakers! I don’t know why I am shocked [...]
Argument Project…more ideas!
Posted in advertising, class discussion post, gender, image, in-class freewrite, movies, television on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some of you are still struggling with topics for your Argument Project, despite the Prospectus you wrote. Just a few ideas below (along with the rest of this blog) on issues of argument that all relate—or can relate if argued properly—to popular culture. Remember that your argument paper requires you to be persuasive to a [...]
