Mister Gotcha | The Nib
Lil Miquela and her CGI crew will expose the “inauthenticity” of our corporations and public figures, which will of course challenge our notion of authenticity altogether.
Aaron Z. Lewis • You Can Handle the Post-Truth: A Pocket Guide to the Surreal Internet
I can’t help but remember the 1998 film The Truman Show. It’s a dark comedy about an orphan, Truman Burbank, unwittingly raised by a corporation in a simulated reality broadcast as a TV show around the world. Everyone is aware of the ruse except Truman, played by Jim Carrey.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Thinking of the 19th century French artist Grandville and his satirical carrots. His drawings were wildly surreal, yet so politically biting that he was persecuted by the monarchy. He broke from the conventions of realism, and tapped the uncanny non-rational order of dreams
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Today, there’s often a hilarious mismatch between how normie audiences receive a film versus how it’s reviewed by critics, one most clearly visible on the site Rotten Tomatoes . “Problematic” comedians like Dave Chappelle are denounced by the culturati while ordinary people laugh their asses off. Chappelle’s 2021 Netflix special The Closer , for in... See more
Kat Rosenfield: How Culture Got Stupid
One of the roots of humor is the idea that “it’s funny because it’s true.” The evangelical left’s culture implicitly turns this maxim on its head and gives the impression that things are true because they’re funny