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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Topic for Class Discussion: Critical Thinking
Posted in class discussion post, gender, movies on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lolita, 1962
A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal…
Posted in movies on September 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was really excited to read Denby’s essay, “High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies.” Having graduated high school in 1985, I am of the John Hughes generation, that of the breakout teen angst film. It was as if Denby wrote this essay just for me!
I thought he made a solid argument about contemporary teen films:
“Teachers [...]
Dude. Excellent!
Posted in movies on September 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
To coincide with the Norton reading (“The Signs of Shopping”), I give you this totally excellent clip from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Because where else can you find Socrates, Lincoln, Billy the Kid, Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan and Freud but at the mall?
