The portrayal of evil in film and television, frequently denounced as an attack on "family values" and an incitement to real-life violence, is more...
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May 07, 2010
Lee
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This was a good book. Not exactly what I was hoping for. It provided a great explanation of nihilism and how it's displayed in many types of shows. I would have enjoyed a more movie centric analysis, but it's good to understand some of the major philosophical influences on our society (Nietzsche, Descartes, etc.) I've probably only ever seen a handful of Seinfeld episodes and never had imagined how nihilistic it was. The other complaint I have is that the movies it did discuss, I've never s
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Apr 22, 2009
Don Incognito
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A study of nihilism in television and movies--including The Exorcist, Trainspotting, Natural Born Killers, The Silence of the Lambs, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons (ouch). Mentions some of popular nihilism's antecedents in philosophy and literature.
Feb 26, 2010
Kevin
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This was a great book--and one of the more "different" books I've read. I thought it worked better as a series of insightful movie and TV show reviews, though I do think he made a compelling argument for the trending of our culture towards nihilism.
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