Comm & Pop Culture Post. Deux.

I know Real Housewives is easy to pick on, but is this for real?!?!?

Taylor Armstrong from the newest season, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, threw her daughter a Mad-Hatter/Alice in Wonderland tea party for her birthday, did I mention she was only turning 4? This little gathering of 35 adults an 25 kids cost a $60,000. I’m not sure if thats counting the Barbie diamond necklace party favors at $999 a pop? Who is Taylor throwing this party for? Her daughter won’t remember her 4th birthday! It’s clear Taylor is in it for herself when her daughter refuses to take pre-party-professional-photos and would rather spend time with her nanny. What does Taylor do? Get on top of the table and goes photo-nuts!

Beverly Hills is all about marked woman. Who buys $1,650 Barbie necklace for a 4 yr old? We are literally witnessing the next generation of women being marked, or branded more like it! Does a little girl really need to see her mom parading around on top of a throw-up-pink table for a camera?

Beverly Hills is just waiting to consume the next generation of little girls into its “marked-ways.” The consumerism and high couture designer clothes, the botox, the plastic surgery, the houses, the hair, the cars, even the help! Each one of those things will in some way make its mark on the girls that they will carry around for everyone to see. In Beverly Hills the mark women carry is magnified x100 and insanely examined. There is no way for the generation to escape the mark and the mindset that their moms and Beverly Hills push on them.

 

Comm & Pop Culture Post

The Warrior’s Way – Hmmm…I wonder if this would be Post-Modern?

An actual movie review – “visually inventive hybrid martial arts Western tracing the adventures of an Asian assassin who must fight for his life while hiding out in the Wild West.” – anonymous

Style over substance? Check. Is anything not overly-styled in this movie, and this is just the trailer! Flying through the air, ninja’s in perfect garb – in a perfect line on the top of a building.

Confusions over space and time? Maybe. How could there not be some sort of flashback or confusion of space and time in a movie like this, guess we’ll have to wait and see…

Erosion of Identity? Check. This warrior refuses a mission when he has to kill the last person in a clan, aka a baby. Somewhere in this he most likely realizes he has lost a sense of his identity – which is the purpose of the movie. It’s a wild guess but I’m assuming he finds his identity throughout the course of this movie – what a hero!

Inter-textuality? Mehh. Maybe. This is for the Cultural Capitalist out there. When you see Geoffrey Rush from Pirates of the Caribbean, his character doesn’t seem that much different.  Also, if you have been a-long-time-hollywood-tabloid-junkie then you would know that Orlando Bloom (yet again from Pirates of the Caribbean) dated the swash-buckling-leading-lady Kate Bosworth……..Coincidence?

Simulacra? A little. The trailer alone captures the “real” and imaginary collapsing together. At some points this even looks like a video game. What could be more “simulacra-ish” besides Disneyland and video games?

Bricolage? A bit. This is one big jumbled mess of other movies put together. Pirates of the Caribbean, 300, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon…..The list goes on.

Sushi.Sushi.Sushi

Although I normally post upcoming movies and reviews, I have an opinion on everything and right now sushi is in severe need of a critique. Today I went to my favorite sushi bar [Sushito – Lima, Peru], and was reminded of how much I do not like cream cheese in my sushi! I love my Philadelphia Cream Cheese smeared all over my bagel, but it does not belong wrapped in the middle of my maki. It’s just not authentic. That’s all. I don’t have many complaints on my beloved sushi, but…..really cream cheese?

Killers

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