The Uncanny

Sigmund Freud descibes "uncanny" as somrthing that is familiar but different. This kind of feeling causes something called "cognitive dissonance" where you have two paradoxical feeling about a oject, idea, or a person. A very interesting subject. A good example of "uncanny" would be if my dad, who has facial hair (mustache and trimmed beard) suddenly shaved everything, his mustache included, it would be a very strange feeling for me because I have NEVER seen my dad without a mustache, exect in pictures when he was in high school, and I haven't seen him without a half-beard in over ten years. If I were to see now, without any facial hair, he would look a very different person, even though I've known him all my life. It would be a very uncanny experience.

Open Your Eyes

This is a little late but, I watched, or, we, the class watched Open Your Eyes, a spanish film remade as Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise. As a film, I enjoyed it, it was interesting and engaging, and made me think about certain themes that was discussed in class...because Jason us to. Themes that I found that were similar to other films were Questionable Reality (ok, I made it up, but it sounds legitamite), where the main guy seems to be living in two different worlds, which makes us more confused, but interested. I'd write more but I can't think of anything, sorry.

103 Research Project

I'm thinking of doing something on late-night television. It has to be something about media, and I think this is a fair topic, although I'm not sure if it is specific enough. One particular show or a section of that one show, like the monologues, might more specific. Every late night host starts the show with the monologue where they talk about current events. Another idea I have is how comedians in media portray the news. The final decision may or may not be the same as what I just wrote.