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The Society of David Fincher’s ‘Fight Club’ Is the Society of the Spectacle

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Carl Wilson
/ 24 July 2017
I Can’t Bear to Watch, I Must Watch: McLuhan, Postman, DeLillo, and Trump
Books/Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Television

I Can’t Bear to Watch, I Must Watch: McLuhan, Postman, DeLillo, and Trump

By
Christopher John Stephens
/ 25 April 2017

Americans’ voyeuristic attraction for scarlet-stained murder spectacles spills over into our need for similarly doomed entertainment in our highest national political office.

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What Would Happen If You Threw a Revolution and Everyone Showed Up? You’d Have a Cognitive Surplus

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George Russell
/ 8 July 2010
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Reviews

Tetris Evolution

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 6 June 2007

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