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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 21, 2020 5:42:24 GMT
Reading this book while on break at work. The first essay Roland Barthes talk about pro wrestling and how the story told in it is not just of struggle but of justice. He keeps bringing up the idea of a heel being a nasty cowardly person and how audiences expect everyone to fall into their role like theater. Something that caught my eye was when he explained that a crowd boos a heel not because of their immortality but rather their contradictions. He points out someone is booed when they'll break the rules when it fits their needs but also demand rules be followed when they fit their need as well. Though he also points out the good guy will be cheered as well if he breaks the rules while obtaining justice.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 22, 2020 4:43:34 GMT
Essay two was The Harcourt Camera. This was interesting because this chapter talked about how actors have themselves photographed. Even though they're off the stage they're still playing some kind of role for the puplic.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 22, 2020 5:06:49 GMT
Essay three was Romans In The Movies. In the Marlon Brando film Julius Caesar the author points out that every male in that film has bangs and that is to show that they are Roman. Also a few of the actresses had different hairstyles to show their personality as well.
In that film everyone was shown to be sweating as a way to show that they were thinking. Everyone but Caesar, who was murdered. Thinking in this essay was described as a violent and cataclysmic operation.
Barthes talked about how even though this was all presented on the film you'd have to pay close attention to notice what exactly was going on. I myself have seen many videos that look in depth into movies and point out things I wouldn't have noticed or connected together.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 22, 2020 5:34:18 GMT
Essay four was The Writter's Vacation. Barthes talked about an article where a writer was asked about his vacation and he said that he went to The Congo and while there worked on his book. While any normal laborer would be relaxing or having an adventure the writer is still working. And the writer is always working. I even asked Google do writers work all the time and one man on an online article said writers are always writing. It doesn't matter if they have an idea or not they just always write. This gives them the appearance of being super workers.
Barthes points out how articles that cover writers talk about their lifestyle. I think he was insinuating that this may lead people to believe that if they had the same lifestyle that they could be super workers too.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 23, 2020 1:24:40 GMT
Essay five was a short one called Thr Blue Blood Cruise. It's funny I never thought about it this way but Barthes pointed out that royal families measure someone's worth much like how we do with dog breeds. Of course we know people have taken it so far that they resort to incest.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 23, 2020 3:14:32 GMT
Essay five was Criticism Blind And Dumb. This one was a shot at critics who call a work ineffable or say they are too ignorant to understand philosophical work.
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Post by MooseNugget on Feb 23, 2020 5:21:50 GMT
Essay six was Saponids And Detergents. Burthes looks at advertisements for different cleaning products. He points out the words used to create imagery of what the product does. Bleach for example is advertised as if you're using it to go to war with filth. He points out that ads exaggerate what their products do.
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