- how does wreck it Ralph and black mirror compare?
Wreck it Ralph - style (very strong)
Theoretical (not strong but still has grand narratives)
Historically (yes and no)
Theoretical approach: - deliberate
- Charlie broker knows Pomo theory
Black mirror:
Stylistic:
- simulation - reality v/s artificial
- hyper reality
- dystopia
- intertextuality - the purge, saw, the Truman show, big brother, britains got talent, sims & wii characters, Facebook
Historical:
- individualism - separated in rooms
- morality - no right or wrong
- no grand narratives
- bleak and empty
- very Pomo
Both texts are strongly stylistically post modern:
Wreck it Ralph strongest stylistic approach is intertextuality
Black mirror strongest stylistic approach is simulacra & hyper reality
Theoretical - black mirror is very post modern, wreck it Ralph is not post modern (Disney)
Wreck it Ralph does not weaken the grand narratives of modernism
It does strengthen the barrier between real and artificial has collapsed - lost
When comparing black mirror and wreck it Ralph, black mirror is more post modernism than wreck it Ralph. Black mirror shows strengths of post modernism through style, theories and history. Black mirror has simulacra, hyper reality, dystopia and intertextuality. It strongly has simulacra and hyper reality as reality and artificial are strongly shown as people live in a technological world. In wreck it Ralph, style is also very strong. Intertextuality is the strongest post modern style in this film, as well as including simulacra and hyper reality. Black mirror also has a post modern theoretical approach as there is lack of morality and grand narrative and belief. Wreck it Ralph is not post modern in the theoretical approach as it does have grand narrative and morality, keeping to the modern approach. This is most likely because it's a Disney film. Black mirror is also post modern in the historical approach as everyone is separated and they only love themselves and there is no morality. Wreck it Ralph shows post modern historical theories however is shows modernism as well. It still has grand narratives, however it breaks the barrier between real and artificial. Therefore black mirror is more post modern than wreck it Ralph.
Celebrates the artificial - they are living a virtual life - doubord
No grand narratives or morality
Voyerism - Foucault - naked woman, kissing
Collapses audience - the people have become the game
Baudrillard - hyper real and simulacra, the more artificial the better, society of the sceptical
Foucault - voyerism
Debord - real vs artificial, famous for being famous, popular
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