Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Ok, Anti-Genre and being serious

So I am serious about this anti-genre thing.  But the next step is to find out how it can be applied to something outside of a fictional character in a movie.  From what I see, an anti-genre is something this is like side effect of Lipitor or some mass produced pharmaceutical.  It is both unexpected and unwelcome but it is a product of the environment.  I guess that is why people refer to Batman as a Vigilante.  But a vigilante, while reliant on the context to maintain status, does not need to produced by that context.  So the anti-genre goes further.  Nor is it completely a free-radical, becuase the free-radical completely disassociates itself from the ideology of the discourse.  As I stated before, terrorism may fit the bill here.  

But, I also have to discover the relationship between anti-genre and the genre.  And, how can anti-genre be communication based.  Like the Joker said, "It's not about money;  It's about sending a message."      

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