Thursday, March 8, 2007
the mooks
We learned about the Mooks and the midriffs. These are the names of how media describes a type of guys and girls. The best example I thought of for a mook is Johnny Knoxsville who is the face of jackass. Knoxsville is an obnoxious, loud, spur of the moment kind of guy. He is famous for filming himself and friends doing ridiculous and dangerous stunts. Although I am guilty of watching his show and movies, I realize that there really isn’t anything great about Knoxsville. He doesn’t have any special talents and some might say you are stupider for watching this type of shows. I am not really sure why teens and people find this kind of thing so entertaining. Its amazing to me what is defined as cool, when you really think about it.
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Elena Duncan! I have to agree with you, I think it is crazy what defines "cool" anymore. Also, it is crazy how the faster the trends are found and exposed the faster they become "uncool". Like it stated in "Merchants of Cool", "who is mirroring who?" I know I personally wouldn't want to be classified as a "mook" if I was a male, however how can we escape this "feedback loop?" Nicely done :)
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