philosophy
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From Mythical Fishermen to Space Cowboys: Tracing the Evolution of Japanese Science Fiction in “Urashima Tarō” and “Cowboy Bebop
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A Post-Oscars Celebration of Michele Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and the Dawn of a New Philosophy
Coherence, CriticalPerspectives, CultureCritique, DavidLynch, Derrida, Descartes, DonnieDarko, EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce, fantasy, FilmReview, Foucault, FriedrichNietzsche, HumanConnection, Imagination, Inception, Interpretation, JohnTruby, JosephCampbell, lacan, MartinHeidegger, MrNobody, philosophy, plato, Postmodernism, reality, RobertMcKee, ScienceFiction, SpikeJonze, storytelling, TaoTeChing, TheMatrix, ZizekA Philosophical and Cinematic Exploration of Everything Everywhere All At Once: Challenging Our Assumptions About Reality, Emphasizing Human Connection, and Exploring the Power of Imagination
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The Mascots that Made Us: From Tony the Tiger, to Pikachu.
Adventure, aesthetic theory, aesthetics, anthropology, Art, Backpacking, branding, breakfast cereal, captain crunch, celebrity, cereal, cereals, count chocula, critical media, critical theory, cultural studies, culture, game studies, History, human psychology, inspiration, Japanese mascots, king vitamin, literary, literature, marketing, mascot, mascots, media studies, media theory, new media, new media studies, philosophy, Poem, poet, Poetry, rhetoric studies, rhetorical studies, storytelling, travel, ui, ur, Ux, writers life, WritingAs a media studies scholar and cereal addict, I find popular culture mascots such as Tony the Tiger and the King Vitamin (my all time fav, second only to Count Chocula) to be fascinating examples of how branding and marketing are used to create narratives that capture the attention and loyalty of audiences.