Postmodernism!

Class notes on postmodernism:-

• A rejection
• Death of the author
• Breaking of the 4th wall
• Difference from the norm
• self referential

P A I N P I P E S

P layfulness - doesn't take scenes seriously.
A esthetics - The way they look. Looking similar to or different to other productions.
I ntertextual - Reference other texts to enable meaning to be made to the audience.
N ihilistic - Rejection of established laws and institutions.
P arody - A text that mocks another text to create humour.
I rony - Presenting something in a different way to how it appears on the surface.
P astiche - Imitating the style of another text. (E.g. Leone camera shot)
E clectism - Convergence of contrasting genres.
S elf-referential - Reference to themselves.

Hyperreality - When you can no longer distinguish between reality and fantasy. (The Matrix - Bullet time).

Postmodernism - Lack of values.

Michael Winterbottom - 'A mighty heart'

Coen Brothers - 'Intolerable Cruelty'