3. We chose to select this text as it is a good example
of postmodernism. The music video, directed by
Dave Meyers, uses many postmodernism features.
The artist in the text adopts new characters of
different roles throughout the music video which
represent two opposite.
Pink uses Fragment identity throughout this
simulation as a whole. The audience can tell what
they are watching is false reality(hyper reality) as
the video is full of ‘air heads’ ‘vain’ or ‘power heads’.
4. POSTMODERN FEAUTRES WE SEE
Intertextuality
Parody
Pastiche
Homage
Bricolage
Breaking down the forth wall
5. INTERTEXTUALIT Y
In the text the artist makes numerous references to other texts.
Pink mocks:
Paris Hilton-Sex Tape
Beyoncé-Crazy in Love Video
Jessica Simpson-Music video
Mary Kate- Shopping
Lindsey Lohan- Car incident
These references were all the news and relevant to the pop
culture
6. PARODY
The text mocks events happening in
pop news and everyday situations in a
very obvious way. Dave Meyers creates
an original
Girl in the gym
Girl at bowling alley
Girl in girl toilets
7. BRICOLAGE
In Stupid Girls the director
has uses other forms of
media in the text. Playing on
the television is a 1950’s
styled etiquette girls
finishing school is shown.
The bricolage is used in
juxtaposition to scene where
a character is shopping
,driving etc. It was used so
the audience could grasp
onto the concept more
8. HOMAGE/BRICOLAGE
Pink has again used another
form of media in her music
video. Often in Cartoons the
‘shoulder angel’ is used to show
the person speaking to their
conscious about what to do.
This adaption is respectful and
within taste it doesn’t mock the
doing. It was used because in
the shot there is cantered a
young girl- The shoulder angel
can be applied to the girl
because she is the audience for
cartoons.
9. PASTICHE
The artist has imitated a
popular T V programme of the
period. Pink had used the
F.R.I.E.N.D.S 2003 episode and
copied it.
This was a pop culture reference
as the many watched the
comedy.
10. PASTICHE
Another pop culture reference is
the MeanGirls Mum which is
copied at the end. Even though
the actor is extreme this was
used to reference movie. The
actor was tanned, bleach blonde,
wearing hot pink and middle
aged+
11. BREAKING DOWN THE FOURTH WALL
In two part of the text Pink breaks
the fourth wall and talks to the
audience directly. She is central
shot and looks directly to the
camera making a relationship
with the audience.
This shot is used to share pinks
feelings, breaking down the fourth
wall makes what she is saying
almost like it’s a conversation.
During the shots, the audience
become hyper conscious as in
reality the pop star wouldn’t
actually talk to them.
