--- Sean Delgado <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
>hyper reality of a man getting hit on the head by a
> >motorcycle fascinates us naturally as something
> new,
> >not often seen, but it is no more authentic and
> real
> >than you sitting there watching it.
> How is it not real? And how is watching it not
> real? Just because its in a
> different place and time doesn't make it any less
> real, please expand on
> this for me.
This is a late expansion. What I mean to say is that
there is a hyper reality to the footage of violence
happening. Violence seems to presenting something
uncompromisingly straight forward and real and so is
priveleged as being authentic or hyper real or
absolutely real. Chuck D talked about it in reference
to Gangster rap, he said and I paraphrase 'pulling a
gun is real, but so is making your mother a cup of
tea.' And so the man being hit on the head by a
motorbike is regrettably real, but not more real than
you sitting in your room watching it on tv. This is
what I meant to say.
Best Wishes
John Bleasdale.
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