I think the main trickster in the movie bamboozled is Delacoix, but that doesn't mean that not all of them are tricksters as well, but I think all of them are, but most notably Delacroix. Delacroix essentially uses his wit and guile to seduce "mantan" and womack into doing something completely against everything they stand for, in order for money.
I think this poses the question that if you were ever approached, and someone offered you a large sum of money to say...re act 9/11, but you had to do it while laughing the entire time. you had to pretend to be the airplane to smashed into tower 1 and 2, and you had to do it with a smile on your face, for a large amount of cash in return. Would you? I can say that I would definitely not. Or it is like asking a Jew to pretend to be in a concentration camp, but to smile and enjoy it while the audience and other actors in the play make fun of him.
The two said examples I used above are along the same lines of, as I said, womack and mantan to perform. Ultimately in the end, Delacroix "tricksterness" is what gets him killed, literally. The entire ploy falls into pieces, with relationships damaged and lives changed. This goes to show that tricksters, as seducing as they come across, that in the end, they are just smoke in mirrors-nothing.
Secondly, I think that Dinwitty is a major trickster because he is the one who really pushes Delacroix to dig deep inside himself. Dinwitty is just looking out for his company and is trying to keep his rates afloat, and uses Delacroix as his instrument in doing so, without Delacroix ever realizing it until the very end. I don't think it is any coincidence that the entire skit fell into pieces int he end. It shows that those who place themselves before others, and use others to further their own agenda are the ones who ultimately end up getting burned and loosing everything.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Singing the song of the trickster
A current trickster in our society is someone who displays wit and knowledge, more so than the average Joe. A trickster is one who moves like a snake and is always willing to pounce on helpless pray when the moment arrives. A trickster has little to no morals and feeds off of others pain to further his agenda. Tricksters are politicians. Be honest and put aside the "well in the name of the debate...", have you ever heard of an honest politician? The correct answer would be no, and if you have an ounce of an argument that starts with "Well there are some..." You are wrong and you know it.
Politicians are modern day tricksters. They are snakes in the bushes, fangs glistening in the moon light, waiting patiently to kill their next oblivious victim. If a politicians were asked a question regarding weather or not to take $1,000,000 or to save a family members life, I and just about the entire rest of the American population would place a solid bet that the money would be taken first.
Leland makes the argument (or so I picked up) that tricksters are deceivers, and although they may not be the physically strongest in the bunch, they use their knowledge to make others do what the tricker wants. The connections between politicians and tricksters is uncanny. I guess every generation has a sort of trickster, and the fact that media and other news sources are more readily available, we are able to see exactly how these guys operate. Not to say that politicians haven't ever not been slime balls, just with technology, we are made more aware of their actions then past generations.
Before you take me for a Benedict Arnold, how is what I am saying dishonest or unpatriotic? The underlying message here is to trust no body. The story about the monkey deceiving the lion: The lion could have avoided getting his butt whooped and looking like a fool if he had chosen not to take words at face value. I also think Leland makes that argument as well, to trust no one, but in a much more settle sort of way, as in you would have to look for it. That is what I picked up from chapter 7, to be some what of a critical thinker and that tricksters are indeed as much a apart of hip as hip is apart of our everyday culture.
Politicians are modern day tricksters. They are snakes in the bushes, fangs glistening in the moon light, waiting patiently to kill their next oblivious victim. If a politicians were asked a question regarding weather or not to take $1,000,000 or to save a family members life, I and just about the entire rest of the American population would place a solid bet that the money would be taken first.
Leland makes the argument (or so I picked up) that tricksters are deceivers, and although they may not be the physically strongest in the bunch, they use their knowledge to make others do what the tricker wants. The connections between politicians and tricksters is uncanny. I guess every generation has a sort of trickster, and the fact that media and other news sources are more readily available, we are able to see exactly how these guys operate. Not to say that politicians haven't ever not been slime balls, just with technology, we are made more aware of their actions then past generations.
Before you take me for a Benedict Arnold, how is what I am saying dishonest or unpatriotic? The underlying message here is to trust no body. The story about the monkey deceiving the lion: The lion could have avoided getting his butt whooped and looking like a fool if he had chosen not to take words at face value. I also think Leland makes that argument as well, to trust no one, but in a much more settle sort of way, as in you would have to look for it. That is what I picked up from chapter 7, to be some what of a critical thinker and that tricksters are indeed as much a apart of hip as hip is apart of our everyday culture.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The PerFecti0n of Imperf3ctioN
Well, both ideals of imperfection and living in the present tense absolutely influenced one another. The subtle fact that living in the present is imperfection almost screams perfect in a sense, because when you live in the present you forget about tomorrow and solely focus on the here and now. The imperfection mostly translates into art in my opinion. Art used to be a skill of perfection, in the Beat generation, the imperfections in one's art were given a higher pedestal than the perfections, something that had never really been done until the Beats.
I think that showing your mistakes in art, exemplifies that you are human and are in fact not perfect. I don't think the Beats had any heavy religious beliefs, but I do think the message they are trying to convey is that we are all human, and humans are not perfect, thus mistakes happen. The mentioning of "aesthetic" is a symbol that says "The Beats are numb to the idea of perfection." To be honest, I don't think the Beats cared much about being perfect, and this is proven by the fact that they lived in the present.
As for a current artist that has the attribute of being "numb", I think this artist would be, honestly, any "real" rapper. (lil wayne does not fit this category). These guys made themselves into somebody. They started as nothing and became something, like Dr Dre or even Notorious BIG before he died. The Game also did the same, rose from rags to riches. For them to survive in the type of environment that they say they come from, and to "make it", that would require a heavy dose of "anesthetic". None of these guys practically even graduated from jr high school, and they are basking in their success day in and day out. That requires a great deal of determination.
I think that showing your mistakes in art, exemplifies that you are human and are in fact not perfect. I don't think the Beats had any heavy religious beliefs, but I do think the message they are trying to convey is that we are all human, and humans are not perfect, thus mistakes happen. The mentioning of "aesthetic" is a symbol that says "The Beats are numb to the idea of perfection." To be honest, I don't think the Beats cared much about being perfect, and this is proven by the fact that they lived in the present.
As for a current artist that has the attribute of being "numb", I think this artist would be, honestly, any "real" rapper. (lil wayne does not fit this category). These guys made themselves into somebody. They started as nothing and became something, like Dr Dre or even Notorious BIG before he died. The Game also did the same, rose from rags to riches. For them to survive in the type of environment that they say they come from, and to "make it", that would require a heavy dose of "anesthetic". None of these guys practically even graduated from jr high school, and they are basking in their success day in and day out. That requires a great deal of determination.
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