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 »
“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 [...]
“They’re all going to laugh at you!”*
Posted in food, leisure, television on October 26, 2008 | 14 Comments »
When I was a kid, I remember seeing a show on TV that absolutely scared the living hell out of me. Not only was it terrifying enough on its own, but also my oldest brother tortured me with it nights after it aired. It was only recently that I found out it was an episode [...]
The truth is out there.
Posted in television on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am hooked on The X Files. I used to watch it when it was first on but then I missed the last few seasons. This summer’s theatrical release got me interested again. I have been downloading episodes, one season at a time, starting with the very first airing.
Back when the show was first on, [...]
Topic for class discussion: Pieto and Otter essay
Posted in class discussion post, television on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In “The Osbournes: Genre, Reality TV, and the Domestication of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” authors Pieto and Otter argue,
“Up to this point we have had only two myths for aging rock stars: old Mick and dead Janis. Rock stars either rust or fade away. Ozzy provides us the intimate details of an older rock star as [...]
FW5: Waking up as someone famous 2
Posted in in-class freewrite, music, television on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
yeah boooyyyyy! get my grill! find my clock! I got a crib full of women downstairs and they need naming and kicked out one by one. damn, I sure hope I find my true love this time…I am working on evening out my kids and I still need two more to make an even 20.
these [...]
That’s what she said.
Posted in television on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Giddiness is overwhelming me at the thought of parking my fat ass on my couch and revelling in a night of Michael Scott and friends. I am so excited about The Office season premiere on Thursday night, I wish I could go to sleep and wake up tomorrow night at 8:58p.
To get us (or at [...]
9021-uh oh.
Posted in television on September 3, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Beverly Hills, 90210 pilot: Brenda worries about leaving her house on a bad hair day.
90210 pilot: a blow job. In the first six minutes.
I can see the direction this is heading.
I was 23 when the original series premiered. Despite the fact that the series was set in high school, I was aware that both the [...]
