Sunday, 21 March 2010

Postmodern texts,

TV
Scrubs - Playfull, Pastiche, Intertextual, Hyper real, Ironic.
My Name Is Earl - Hyperreal, Pastiche, Playful (Self referential to American audience)
Bronze Eye - Self referential, Deconstruction, Nihilistic, Playful, Ironic (Makes fun of news, note the overly used information graphics to dramatise)

Films
Coen Brothers
Little Nicky
Run Fatboy Run (Even title in reference to Run Lola Run)
Shallow Hal

Websites
Cracked.com - Pastiche, Playfull, Hyperreal, Can see how it's made (forgot technical word)
The Onion - Pastiche, Parody, Hyperreal, Reflective of Fox News,
EverythingisAwful - Nihilistic, Intertextual, Deconstruction
PeopleofWalmart - Referential to audience, Playful, Deconstruction of Society

Other
Banksy - Hypper real, References audience, Challenging convention, Playful
Private Eye - Satirical, References audience and Nihilistic
Old Spice adverts - Playful, Self referential (promising things it obviously can't give like car adverts, but so that the audience realises it), Nihilistic, Hyperreal