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Comment on “Sucker Punch”; the perfect postmodern flick by GrogMonkey

GrogMonkey — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:29:57 +0000

That’s an interesting take. I’ll need to watch it again with that in mind

Comment on “Sucker Punch”; the perfect postmodern flick by Danny

Danny — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:11:54 +0000

Maybe worth watching it a couple more times – layer one, the 50′s asylum is also within the imagination. At the end of the film, it turns out that the story hasn’t been about Baby Doll at all – it’s all been about Sweet Pea. When Baby Doll first enters the “theatre” there a two conversations happening simultaneously – one between Father and Blue, and one between the Doctor and Sweet Pea. We assume the significant one is the former, but it is the words of the doctor to Sweet Pea that are key to understanding the film – Sweet Pea is in control of everything that’s happening, she needs to let go of the pain and the guilt (or “escape” and find her “freedom”) and what she imagines can be as real as any pain. Each of the characters she goes into battle with represent aspects of her mind (Eg. Baby Doll represents her courage in facing her fears in the therapy).

Comment on Farm-grown Spam by Robert

Robert — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:29:08 +0000

I should add that recently when I brought up an e-book for criticism on a Yahoo group, it was pointed out that it was at least in large measure Catherine Faillor’s book on liquid soap making, but with “bubble bath” substituted for “liquid soap”.

Comment on Farm-grown Spam by Robert

Robert — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:24:10 +0000

I’ve just entered a 3-week training-assessment period to be a Guide for About.com . Of course I’ve encountered them as a content farm, but I wonder whether they’re now trying to generate original content or not. I’m supposed to be an expert on biotechnology, producing several articles a month and being the moderator of a discussion group on the subject, as well as maintaining a newsletter on it. My fear is that training periods, which are unpaid but require submission of articles, and FAIK even the application writing sample, will be used to churn trainees to get their work for free without hiring them. Does anyone know any better about About.com?

Comment on “Sucker Punch”; the perfect postmodern flick by Lee

Lee — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:39:06 +0000

Nope I’m just a college student studying media theory. I had read Jameson’s critique of postmodernism and wanted to find a recent example. After reading this article a light bulb in my head lit up (finally). It really tied in with everything I had been reading and made things a lot clearer.

Comment on “Sucker Punch”; the perfect postmodern flick by GrogMonkey

GrogMonkey — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:03:32 +0000

Thanks.
…hoping you’re not a spambot.

Comment on “Sucker Punch”; the perfect postmodern flick by Lee

Lee — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:31:26 +0000

Great deconstruction! It really helped me grasp the concept of postmodernism.

Comment on Review: The Crying of Lot 49 by GrogMonkey

GrogMonkey — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:41:11 +0000

My apologies for poor grammar and rambling style — I wrote this up on my iPhone during lunch today. Not exactly my full attention.

Comment on I gots books! by GrogMonkey

GrogMonkey — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:15:07 +0000

Oh I was teasing. Nothing wrong with WoT, which has a bajillion fans. My snipe was ironic exactly because it IS so popular and well-loved.

Comment on I gots books! by Erik

Erik — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:03:48 +0000

Now hold on just a minute. 1) I liked the first few books but disliked the middle of WoT. 2) I started WoT before I had read LotR, so I didn’t recognize the first book as being a total ripoff. 3) I hated Sword of Truth, so that redeems me, amirite?