Jean Baudrillard suggested that “We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.” Evaluate the extent to which this postmodernist statement applies Humans and Les Revenants:
Jean Baudrillard's theory of post-modernism; the fake is better than the real (Anita being the fake) than the real mother, Laura both physically more hegemonically attractive whilst acting as a better mother too, just without the capability of loving: Laura saying to Anita "You're just a stupid machine" out of frustration to losing the feeling of being a mother to her children.
Les revenants being polysemic so therefore the preferred reading from the episode may be blurred to the extent that there is no official meaning; no real use of hyperreality which is atypical of a modern day media product as most media products exaggerate things to anchor the audience in a position to believe what they're showing is like reality.
Roland Barthes' theory of semiotics could be linked through the use of proairetic codes and hermeneutic codes through both shows
Humans acts as an allegory; something that acts as if it has a hidden meaning; a metaphor in which a media product delivers a broader message about real world issues
Jean Baudrillard's theory of post-modernism; the fake is better than the real (Anita being the fake) than the real mother, Laura both physically more hegemonically attractive whilst acting as a better mother too, just without the capability of loving: Laura saying to Anita "You're just a stupid machine" out of frustration to losing the feeling of being a mother to her children.
Les revenants being polysemic so therefore the preferred reading from the episode may be blurred to the extent that there is no official meaning; no real use of hyperreality which is atypical of a modern day media product as most media products exaggerate things to anchor the audience in a position to believe what they're showing is like reality.
Roland Barthes' theory of semiotics could be linked through the use of proairetic codes and hermeneutic codes through both shows
Humans acts as an allegory; something that acts as if it has a hidden meaning; a metaphor in which a media product delivers a broader message about real world issues
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