Comments | katernater: "...the evidence of things not seen."

katernater

"...the evidence of things not seen."

Apr 22, 2011 19:56

We watched The Truman Show in my CS class today, as part of a project on advertising and the media. I told my students that this movie was particularly interesting because, being released in 1998, it really hit before the big "reality TV craze" of the early millennium, and at the time raised some serious philosophical questions about what ( Read more... )

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another_myself April 23 2011, 00:14:19 UTC

Writing, you say? I will have to poke at you for some of this soon. <3

I'll look forward to hearing about Easter services on Sunday. We haven't gone in years, but I do remember - from my younger years - that they were always heartwarming.

Sending you white light.

earlofcardigans April 23 2011, 00:24:27 UTC

I was a freshman in college in 1998. I also still get carded. I was carded when I bought Sharpies the other day. Yay.

I hope you enjoy your Easter services.

ext_178655 April 23 2011, 03:11:45 UTC

1998... i was in my Sr year of college...

and i thought The Truman Show was overrated... not bad, just over-hyped...

*is cynical lots of the time*

msconduct April 24 2011, 12:15:37 UTC

If they think 1998's old, I'd love to see their reaction to Shock Treatment, the little-seen followup to Rocky Horror about a town that lives its entire life on TV. Now that was prescient: it was made in 1981.

On second thoughts, maybe you shouldn't add it to the roster. Some of the content is delightfully questionable.