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Area of Exploration: Intertextuality (The Truman Show (Connect to Global…

- - - - The Truman Show deals with the idea of identity and how it is related to one's reality
      - The Truman Show also discusses how popular media shapes a societies identity and the culture that can form around popular pieces of media
    - - There is a lot of technology that's used in this movie such as the hidden cameras that were used to record Truman. Another example of technology that was used was to create Sea Haven itself.
      - The producers use psychology in order to subtly control Truman, such as making him fear the water and travel, and trying to erase all evidence of Sylvia so that he will forget her
    - - The Truman Show has use of power through authority figures such as Christof being the director who controls and manipulates everything in Truman's life
        
        In a way, Christof is playing "God". There is a huge question of ethics since Truman was chosen as the subject of the show involuntarily.
    - - The Truman Show uses all of these things in order to make such an intricate movie. The director had to use his creativity and imagination in order to guide the actors (especially Christoff)
        
        Sylvia showed the important role creativity plays in overcoming an issue. She had to find ways to expose Truman's reality without actually being able to tell him directly.
- - - - his paintings are of African American people who are placed in traditional European paintings
        
        Can art change the narrative of culture?
        
        Should art belong to only a certain narrative?
        
        What happens when you change the narrative?
      - how can you make the history of painting relevant today?
      - Should works of art (or any text) be constantly ‘remixed’ and updated to reflect modern day?
    - - Should works of art (or any text) be constantly ‘remixed’ and updated to reflect modern day?
      - Black masculinity is often framed as synonymous with fear and violence in the USA. His paintings challenge the preconceptions, and represent young people of color into galleries where they otherwise would not have been represented.
        This is a form of identity politics.
      - Why does it shock us to see a black man in that role?
        Why could these men not be viewed as saints?
    - - Casting models on the street, and most of his models are complete strangers
      - Used African-Americans to recreate old european paintings
      - kept painting's original culture's style
      - "seeing is a way of creating culture" - wiley
    - - Kehinde Wiley recreates paintings in a new way which shows how the world has changed since they paintings were originally done.
      - How can you make the history of painting relevant today?
- - - - Kendrick uses music as a creative outlet and way to share his story. Using a platform such as the arts makes it more accessible to a larger demographic of people.
      - Uses his music to pay homage to other hip hop artists through allusion and sampling
      - In alright, kendrick mentions the role of the police and how they"wanna kill us dead in the street for sure, nigga"
        These problems are very seriuous however this song has in a way become an anthem of protests against the police.
        Where the alright section is chanted.
      - His lyrics use a plethora of literary devices and complex themes/ideas. Kendrick has exceeded the traditional lyrical standards for hiphop/rap.
    - - In his work Kendrick often discusses the role of the police in our society. He elaborates on how the police appear to be extremely aggressive towards Black people through what is known as police brutality.
      - In many of his songs, he refers to his community as "royalty" which perhaps gives them a sense power that they don't often receive in our society.
      - "Alright" was made as a response and a power song for the Black Lives Matter movement (a protest to end police brutality and discrimination/injustice against black people). It was chanted at rallys and gave the people hope that everything will be alright. .
      - This song however, received a lot of backlash in the media, specifically from Gerald Rivera of Fox News. The comments made from Rivera saying, "This is why I say that hip-hop has done more damage to young African-Americans than racism in recent years." were used in Kendrick's song DNA as a response
    - - World/Community problems. Although small scale problems are presented, They often show something not just about a single community, but human nature as a whole
    - - Kendricks Works often focus on topics such as class, race, ethnicity, religion, gender roles, sex, and the way these impact individuals and societies.
      - DNA - he explores his deepest values that have stemmed from where he came from (and from his parents) in both a biological way and a literary way. "I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA"
      - One big idea in Kendricks TPAB is him exploring his own identity and how it was shaped by the environment he grew up in and the society he lives in today.
        
        This is also explored in Maad City which is somewhat of a coming of age story and about him and his friends finding their own identity.
        
        Both TPAB and Maad City focus on themes of exploitation especially by the ones is power who have a much higher status than people in impoverished cities such as Compton.
      - The song Alright from TPAB focus heavily on a communities identity and the worry that it is being forcefully taken away from them by people in power. But it also a celebration claiming that they will be alright and no matter what their culture, believes and ways can't be taken away from them.
      - DAMN. focuses a lot on culture to but in a much more celebrative way when compared to past albums.
        
        Many of the songs on DAMN. show kendrick finding pride and being proud of his identity and community.
- - - - Importance is what makes Kendricks work a instant classic. His main three albums have been a incredibly influence to the hip hop landscape and has paved the way for many more introspective rap artists who want to discuss different themes.
- - - - Odysseus is struggling with his identity.
- - - - Truman and Telemachus are similar in the regard that they both try to find their fathers who have left them.
- - - - Connects to people's responses to Wiley's art.
- - - - Truman and July are similar in the regard that they were so normalized to their roles and throughout the texts, they started to become more comfortable with rebelling (Truman trying to escape Sea Haven and July starting to get more power by keeping the keys to the Bakkie and in other instances like that).