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Jose Chung

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  1. Jose Chung’s The Bridge to Metamodernism From Darrin Morgan to Dan Harmon

  2. What is going on?

  3. Trust

  4. Are We Alone?

  5. PART ONE BEFORE Jose Chung (very quickly)

  6. The 1-minute guide to critical theory( As seen on TV! ) • Modernism 1945 • Postmodernism 1963 • Meta-Modernism

  7. Optimism

  8. Naivety

  9. Sitcom 1.0

  10. Sitcom 1.5

  11. Seeds of the Postmodern

  12. Seeds of the Postmodern

  13. Doubt

  14. Irony“Anti-Families” and “Shows about Nothing”

  15. Absolutist Optimism Relativistic Cynicism

  16. Knowingness

  17. What is MetaModernism?

  18. Modernism • Strong Thesis • “Ideological naivety” • Sincerity • Truth • Optimism • Postmodernism • Strong Antithesis • “Cynical insincerity” • Irony • Relativism • Doubt • Metamodernism • Novel synthesis • “A New Sincerity”

  19. Seeds of Metamodernism

  20. Trends in Metamoderism • Intertextuality • “Kicks” and “glitches” • “Deep Text” • Genre Acrobatics • A New Sincerity

  21. PART TWOMEET Jose Chung

  22. From Post to Meta:Jose Chung’s “From Outer Space”

  23. Intertextuality • Definition: Referencing other workse.g. Homage, satire, parody, allusion, quoation, etc • Modernist TV attempted to be encapsulated and universally accessible. • Postmodern TV introduced limited intertextuality, often as dogwhistles or easter eggs. • Metamodern TV elevates intertextuality to a central role.

  24. Intertextuality in Jose Chung

  25. Intertextuality in Jose Chung

  26. Intertextuality in Jose Chung Non-Fiction Science-Fiction

  27. Intertextuality in Jose Chung

  28. Intertextuality in Jose Chung

  29. Intertextuality in Jose Chung

  30. Men in Black

  31. Roky

  32. Kinbote

  33. The Caligarian Candidate

  34. The X-Files

  35. Unintentional Intertextuality in Jose Chung

  36. Intertextuality in Jose Chung • 18 instances • Star Wars • Harryhausen • Communion • Alien Autopsy • Close Encounters • Scooby Doo • Twin Peaks • Jesse Ventura Backbreaker • Alex Trebek • Roky • Lord Kinbote from Pale Fire • Manchurian Candidate • Cabinet of Dr. Caligari • Klass • Hynek • Vallee • Sheaffer • Manners

  37. “Deep Text” • Supersaturates the text with meaningful content • ‘Unlocked’ by time-shifting technology • Immersive world effect • Cultivates viewer-created connections

  38. Contamination • Does Crissy really remember what she remembers? Scully: I think you and the hypnotherapist were leading her. • And indeed, if you go back and check: Mulder:When you look at a particular object, do you receive the sudden flash that you're actually looking at something else? Like an alien's face?

  39. Contamination

  40. “Was it a girly scream?” War of the Coprophages Scully:Was it a girly scream? … Jose Chung’s From Outer Space Blaine: His face was so blank and expressionless. He didn't even seem human. I think he was a mandroid. The only time he reacted was when he saw the dead body.

  41. Red hair Blaine: One of them was disguised as a woman, but wasn't pulling it off. Like, her hair was red but it was a little too red, you know?

  42. ReynardMuldrake Chung:As for Reynard Muldrake... one shudders to think how he receives pleasures from life. ( Reynard = Fox )

  43. Klass & Hynek

  44. Vallee and Sheaffer

  45. Manners

  46. Military-Industrial-Entertainment Complex • Warden White, Incorporated... a subsidiary of MacDougall-Kesler Episode editors: Heather MacDougall and Sue Kessler

  47. “Jose Chung” • Jose is a name typically associated with the languages Spanish or Portuguese. • Chung is typically associated with Korean or Cantonese. (cross-cultural marriages were less frequent. )

  48. “Kicks” & “Glitches” • “Kicks” & “Glitches” are intentionally unreal. • “Kicks” instantly jar the viewer out of flow and into a meta mindset. • “Glitches” reuse work in a new context. They trigger déjà vu, reminding the viewer that the text is an artificial construct, subject to distortion.

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