Maybe I Learned Something
I spent about four hours today reading feminist film theory. I read theory until my neck cracked. I read theory until… Oh I dunno, other things happened.
Then I tried to read Media Culture theory and my brain broke. It literally said, “This shit doesn’t make sense. Can we go back to the bits about sexism and racism? Those seem more tangible.”
I might agree with my brain. Why the hell am I doing media theory? I’m clearly much more designed to analyze the film that I’m doing audience reception on than I am to do the audience reception. Interest in how the film presents the American mythology of sexuality between white women and black men? High. Interest in how that is conveyed to audiences by their advertising campaign, well it’s… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Speaking of which, it’s bedtime. Broken brain needs rest for more of this garbage tomorrow.
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