{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Educated Imagination","provider_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog","author_name":"Michael Happy","author_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/author\/michaelhappy\/","title":"Saturday Night at the Movies: \"Medium Cool\" - The Educated Imagination","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0EoOpvfosa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/08\/07\/saturday-night-at-the-movies-medium-cool\/\">Saturday Night at the Movies: &#8220;Medium Cool&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/08\/07\/saturday-night-at-the-movies-medium-cool\/embed\/#?secret=0EoOpvfosa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Saturday Night at the Movies: &#8220;Medium Cool&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; The Educated Imagination\" data-secret=\"0EoOpvfosa\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6WtsIyDf-o0 Yes, the title is a play on Marshall McLuhan&#8217;s notion of a &#8220;cool medium.&#8221; Medium Cool is a souvenir of McLuhan&#8217;s association with the radical mood of the 1960s, depicted here by events surrounding the riots at the 1968 Democratic national convention in Chicago. The movie was controversial when it was released in 1969 [&hellip;]"}