Fifties Backlash
"Disney sold him into slavery, and he’s nothing. He's nothing."
Analysis
Viewing a subject though a semiotic lens — in order to ascertain not only what it means, but how.
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
A non-compact topological group of bare-breasted women in G-strings.
Thick Description (Abduction)
How do we identify codes, and in doing so begin to construct a meaning matrix?
People Food
Pet food presented in people-food contexts.
Disney Co. Mascot
"He’s so much of an institution that we’re limited in what we can do with him."
The African Queen
How to survive not war, but peace, with one’s humanity intact?
Thick Description (Deduction)
How do we identify paradigms and thematic complexes?
Stay Home
“Staying home saves lives”
Forties Backlash
"A degenerate 'middlebrow' horror, mass-produced for profit."
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Comical yet not funny, equal-opportunity in its portrayal of human folly, artificial in the extreme.
Mind-Blowing Gum
Wide-eyed expressions of shock and awe.
Mickey’s Dork Age
From 1944–1953, Mickey was a Mouse Without Qualities.
Dazed and Confused
Single-night movies aren’t snapshots, they’re moonlit summoning rituals.
Scientist vs. Life Coach
Making sense of how brands, media and culture are responding to COVID-19. (4 of 4)