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Author Archives: bengurley
Richard Katz’s Suicide
Some sense of sincere emotional impact falls short in a lot of scenes throughout Freedom. However, there might be no point throughout the novel in which a character’s emotions seems as contrived as when Richard Katz briefly contemplates suicide. The … Continue reading
Politics, Mass Media, and “The Submission”
If race relations and the purpose of a memorial as public art are the issues at hand within The Submission, then an imperfect American political process and extremist, self-serving media are the playing fields on which they must contend. The … Continue reading
Southland Tales: New?
I’ll admit that I have a fairly limited amount of experience with graphic novels (so far the only ones I’ve read are Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and now Southland Tales). In that limited scope though, I don’t think Southland Tales … Continue reading
Experimental Play and White Noise (and Baudrillard)
Last year I went to see an experimental play put on by the Pitt repertory theatre (unfortunately I can’t find the name of it anywhere). The first act was just a regularly acted drama, nothing special. The second act was … Continue reading
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Tagged Don DeLillo, Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra, Simulation, White Noise
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