hyper-reality

 hyper-reality

 hyper-reality and simulacra in humans and beyond 

e.g. Christmas- home alone: seen as a magical time with family and friends, in reality is stressful and isolating if you don't have the ideal family to spend it with. 

small town life- can be isolating and depressing 

sex- pornography 

war- hacksaw ridge 

-representation is superior to reality. 


break-fast scene analysis:

-mise-en-scene

the food is very perfect and 

"the jams in a thing"- Sophie recognises it for a tv show, showing how idealised 

-Anita (physically and behaviour) 

mimicking human behaviour, her laugh is hyperreal construction she reinforces the patriarchal hegemony controlled by joe

postmodern media products typically complicate stories, she is not just a cop of a  person but a copy of a synth as well, cover up being mia 

-family

"is it a party?" "no this is what breakfast is supposed to be like"

ideal that families are always together 

middle class british family, reinforced by mise en scene of the house, open plan kitchen  

-representation 

the family is sat together even if they argue slightly this is not representative of a normal morning where everyone's mornings are stressful and chaotic, going to work/college 


in what ways can humans be considered a post modern text 

there is a hyper-real represntation of beauty family and and gender this can be seen in the breakfast scene. where it creates an ideal setting represpenting the aceravge middle class faamily. howver, this representation is not transerfable to a noraml family. 


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