Saturday, 5 April 2014

Out of the Mouths of Babes: New Rob Ford Video

1) How can the following video be considered post Modern refer to the key features of postmodernism? 

This video can be considered as postmodern because it has the postmodern features of currency, self-awareness, intertextuality and parody and satire are prevalent tones/modes of expression. 

Currency: This medium talks about the current issue of the mayoral campaign and the Rob Ford scandals. 
Self-awareness: This medium has a specific audience, that being Torontonian's who can vote. It is trying to show Toronto how ridiculous the current mayor is.  It is trying to convince people to go out and vote for who they believe to be a better mayor for Toronto.
Intertextuality: This video borrows the lines from the Rob Ford video to make it into this parody. They take the exact words Rob Ford says and get actors to act them out in a different situation to prove the directors point. 
Parody and satire are prevalent tones/modes of expression: The video's main purpose is to make fun of Rob Ford and to make a parody of his ridiculousness. The tone of the video is completely serious, however anyone who has heard of the Rob Ford crack scandal knows this is a parody.  






Here is the link to the video and the article talking about the video: 
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/02/rob-ford-attack-video-puts-the-mayors-words-into-the-mouth-of-a-child-who-did-not-do-the-crack/


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