Since class was
cancelled on Wednesday I am still unsure about the Lyotard reading and looking
forward to our class discussion. However, for that reason I decided to read
some of the other blogs classmates had been posting for this week response. Per
usual, Aaron Tanyhill had brought up an interesting concept of the ABC television
show Modern Family as an analogy for
Post modernism. This is relevant because it plays with the social norm of the postmodern
American household. This concept that breaks passed social constructs of the typical
family is now becoming more and more popular. For example NBC has just released
a show, The New Normal, which I
believe can be examined in the same vein. The premise of this show is a happy
Los Angles gay couple want to raise a child. Naturally the look for a surrogate
and find single mother and who has recently moved to LA with her eight year old
daughter and Grandmother. The show explores the issues of homosexuality, race,
and politics that arise when this post modern “family” live together in hopes
of bettering their lives. The
concept of the show offers yet another example in the ways Post modernism life
is becoming more prevalent in media and everyday life.
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