notes from 2/11

Chronology:
Smith: 1981- says Marxists ignore the roll of the audience in advertisment
Bourdieu:1984
Garnem:1986
herman&ChomskyL1988
Lubar:1989
Shiller:1991
Bourdieu:1998
PrownL2000
Mehan:2002

Artifacts:
Masrxist, Structure/Superstructure, Hajaminy

Theme: Hollywood Culture
How movies influenced 80's culture through their overarching messages

Concept: Hollywood as a political entity, the culture is influencing what you see on the screen and vice versa.
Era: 1980's
Exhibit: 1980's movies that diesplay Hollywood's influence and vice versa set in theatre
1: lighter- Little Darlings- during the movement to ban smoking in movies
2 boom box- Say Anything
3: car- Farris Bueller
4:Delorean- Back to the Furture
5:leg warmers: Flashdance
6:bomber jacket and aviator glasses- Top Gun
7:Cold War issues political meetings and press releases- Red Dawn
8:AIDS political struggle with people who had jobs, communities, schools, etc- Story Ryan White
9:a nerd commodity- Revenge of the Nerds
10:Where will Hollywood take us next? Fashion, Technology
What 80's Character Would You Be- incorporating artifacts

Approach: engage audience- visually, reflection by character profile

2- Exhinit: Evolution of femail undergarmets- inspiration: Miller article
circular exhibit, chronological (no dates)
"Are Women Liberated?"
Video clips that bring in examples of use
Stays >corset> pointed bra, girdle> liberation> exaggerated "Madonna"> WonderBra & Spanx> Victoria's Secret> Lady GaGa
comes full circle
the movements of politics correlate to the trends of women's undergarments and now it's a symbol of power, entertainment, and sexuality