{"id":2595,"date":"2017-02-09T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T21:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moreperfect.org\/site\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2017-02-09T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T22:13:43","slug":"jean-baudrillard-postmodernism-wiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moreperfect.org\/site\/jean-baudrillard-postmodernism-wiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Baudrillard, Postmodernism and The Wiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2597 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/moreperfect.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/baudrilaardwiz.jpg\" alt=\"baudrilaardwiz\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/moreperfect.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/baudrilaardwiz.jpg 480w, http:\/\/moreperfect.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/baudrilaardwiz-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/moreperfect.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/baudrilaardwiz-450x225.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>herein reading the postmodern philosopher <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Baudrillard\">Jean Baudrillard<\/a> causes recall the sage words of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wiz\">The Wiz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, whereas all of Los Angeles and the America that surrounds it are no longer real, but belong to the hyperreal order and to the order of simulation. It is no longer a question of a false representation of reality (ideology) but of concealing the fact that the real is no longer real, and thus of saving the reality principle.\u201d \u2014 Jean Baudrillard, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simulacra_and_Simulation\">Simulacra and Simulation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Living here, in this brand new world<br \/>\nMight be a fantasy<br \/>\nBut it taught me to love<br \/>\nSo it&#8217;s real, real to me\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u201cHome\u201d from The Wiz<\/p>\n<p>Note: Stephanie Mills is preferred over Diana Ross<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6m4xH9dh78\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wherein reading the postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard causes me think of the sage words from the 1970&#8217;s musical The 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