We have been talking in my Comedy & Satire about some of these ideas lately... I don't know exactly what to say about them other than that they blow my mind. If you are not familiar, read these definitions... I bet they will make you think...
Lacanian Theory - In relation to post-modern identity and the pursuit of meaning or plenitude in the world of texts and entertainment.
Post-modern conceptions of identity construction can be traced, in part, to the psychoanalytic philosopher Jacques Lacan. In the 1960s and 1970s he took Freudian theory into post-structuralist territory by positing that the natural state of the psyche is one of fragmentation and dischord; as a result, it is unfixable and a stable identity cannot be established. According to Lacan, because of complications built into childhood phases of development, we are destined to pursue three main objectives throughout our lives that can never be satisfied: a search for solid identity, a re-creation of the sense of plenitude we experienced when we were with our mothers, and an achievement of idealized sexual gratification. As we move beyond early childhood, these searches are transferred into the "symbolic realm" of language, literature, entertainment, and music. While engaging with these substitute gratifications, we construct temporary, shifting, shallow identities that are borrowed from the culture at large -- often from iconic celebrities and stars who seem to embody more stable, heroic, and beautiful versions of what we aspire to be.
hyperreality
as described by the french philosopher, Jean Baudrillard, hyperreality is a characteristic of postmodern culture in which simulacrums dominate. Simulacrums are slick simulations or copies that have lot a connection to an original/a grounding in reality. Supposedly a cultural style that originated in the United States, it emphasizes visual culture, surface qualities, special effects, and recreations of old world authenticity.
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