ENGB76H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Screwball Comedy Film, Irrational Exuberance, Panties
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Nri: narrative representational, institutional standardization: dominant hollywood genre films actively shore up nri, also passively reflect nri standards of their time & place. From the graduation (1967) pretty woman (1991: romance doesn"t do all that well when sexual/economic revolution. Typical genre film: advertising in film not so clear, enormously producing economy demands so we make consumption = way of life, commodities need to be offered to consumer in special urgency. Jfk assassination -mlk assassination: the graduate (1967, in inverse relationship, exhibited by price / earnings ratios and rate of inflation in past. Now we know when irrational exuberance unduly escalated asset values which then become subject to unexpected & prolonged. Pretty woman (1991: physical contact possible without romance, also physical intimacy can suck, how to integrate sex into romance, edward & vivian also like peter & ellie, edward = wealthy, vivian = almost broke, prostitute, move through transformation.
