Postmodern gay Dionysus: Dr. Frank N. Furter
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The role of Dr. Frank N. Furter in the movie 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' is analogous to that of the Greek god Dionysus in Euripides 'The Bacchae.' The movie is a postmodern, gay version of the play, whose portrayal of Dionysus emphasizes three main attributes of his character. Music for him is chaotic and sensual, he is prone to making grand and commanding entrances, and he dies despite being immortal. The movie infuses the character of Dr. Frank N. Furter with these traits to rebel against the institutions prevailing in its time, simultaneously embracing gay subculture and admitting its instability.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1992
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The future of "No Future": punk rock and postmodern theory
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The focus on the problematization of community and consensus reflects the proximity of punk culture to postmodern discourses. Originating in 1976 as a nihilistic and apocalyptic movement lacking a unitary politics, punk underwent politicization in the early 1980s with vague hopes for the future. Earlier punk groups, such as the Sex Pistols and Stiff Little Fingers offered an oppositional identity through subversion and disregarded the projection and idolization of shared consciousness. Throughout, the punks avoided commodification, a point missed by most scholars of punk culture.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1996
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Nostalgia for the future: the end of history and postmodern "pop" T.V
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The 1960s British 'pop' TV series such as 'The Avengers' imagined the future as radically unconnected to the present, as existing on a different plane instead of being just an onflow of time. The series depicted a period in the future which Francis Fukuyama calls post-history, an age in the aftermath of the Cold War when idealism is replaced by material and technical motivations. However, the future as projected in 'The Avengers' contained a cultural paradigm that, although different from the present, explored common issues of gender, identity and labor.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1996
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