{"id":24946,"date":"2011-07-30T17:55:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T21:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=24946"},"modified":"2011-07-30T17:55:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T21:55:16","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-movies-videodrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/07\/30\/saturday-night-at-the-movies-videodrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Movies: “Videodrome”"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QEDDYYoTiQ0&feature=related<\/p>\n

With the recent centenary of Marshall McLuhan’s birth, it’s worth noting his presence in popular culture, a sustained example of which is David Cronenberg’s Videodrome<\/a>. <\/em>Brian O’Blivion, the film’s mad guru of physical transformation by way of electronic media, was inspired by McLuhan.<\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2UNIuQlHmj0&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 2<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iw1sLU35ALI&feature=related<\/p>\n

Part 3<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8a8Z5gKiMLk&feature=related<\/p>\n

Part 4<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=whXPn7i_3is&feature=related<\/p>\n

Part 5<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4IQUAK-59m4&feature=related<\/p>\n

Part 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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