An alternative reading of the scene is to view Plasticman as an Agent of Captital (in the K-Punk sense): witness his palpable distress as he encounters a dub-plate for the first time...something that cannot be easily catagorised as a Product-Object; (italicised:) it does not have packaging or a label! (What is its function?) Without these obvious signifiers, how could such a thing be marketed...? Perhaps it exists outside conventional market forces? He's afraid (for the briefest of moments) that this...this thing might not be part of The Spectacle! Y'see, Plasticman's zany antics are an attempt to commodify yoof-ful rebellion/anarchy. Witness, for example, the successful transition from 'Punk' to 'New Wave', 'Acid House' to 'Euro-Trance'.
BTW: Jim Carey has signed up to play Plas in the film. QED.
An alternative reading of the scene is to view Plasticman as an Agent of Captital (in the K-Punk sense): witness his palpable distress as he encounters a dub-plate for the first time...something that cannot be easily catagorised as a Product-Object; (italicised:) it does not have packaging or a label! (What is its function?) Without these obvious signifiers, how could such a thing be marketed...? Perhaps it exists outside conventional market forces? He's afraid (for the briefest of moments) that this...this thing might not be part of The Spectacle! Y'see, Plasticman's zany antics are an attempt to commodify yoof-ful rebellion/anarchy. Witness, for example, the successful transition from 'Punk' to 'New Wave', 'Acid House' to 'Euro-Trance'.
ReplyDeleteBTW: Jim Carey has signed up to play Plas in the film. QED.