by The Unlearning Specialist | Apr 24, 2015 | Film, Mass Media, Norms, Now, Spectacle, Sports, surprise, Uncategorized
A remnant of what I used to teach… I would say to my students that their medium is “surprises” – not video, not film, not sound, but surprises. Just like actual living. From the New York Times Sunday Review The Economics of Suspense APRIL 24,...
by The Unlearning Specialist | Jul 1, 2014 | Art, Film, Mass Media, Politics, Spectacle, Sports
Al doilea joc – The Second Game – Match de Retour by Corneliu Porumboiu “In the Communist era, you couldn’t show bad sportsmanship.” C. P.
by The Unlearning Specialist | Jul 1, 2014 | Art, Mass Media, Norms, Spectacle
To like something, you must have seen or heard it for a long time, you bunch of idiots. — Francis Picabia Pour que vous aimiez quelque chose, il faut que vous l’ayez vu et entendu depuis longtemps, tas d’idiots. — Francis Picabia
by The Unlearning Specialist | Dec 23, 2013 | Mass Media, Spectacle
And it is here to stay! Et elle se porte très bien! You don’t need to speak French to understand the media circus around another end of the world.