Postmodernism

If Modernism was about identity, authority, and the rejection of the Enlightenment way of thinking, what exactly is Postmodernism? Lyotard would say that is the rejection of objective truth, the grand narrative, and science (509). In other words, the individual must think independently--and nobody else matters. In actuality, the individual can rethink anything and rewrite the traditions of what was the norm.
An example of this would be the Gorillaz 2001 music video, "Clint Eastwood." Besides the fact that the music's lyrics make no sense (which, in itself, could be part of the Postmodern condition), the video strays from the traditional music video format. The video shows cartoons as band members (which, after the making of this video, the band adopted as their actual personas for concerts) and shows an entirely animated video. Enjoy the postmodern taste of Gorrilaz.



Works Cited

Lyotard, Jean-François. "The Postmodern Condition". Literary Theory: an Anthology Ed. Rivkin and Ryan. Blackwell Publishing: Massachusetts 2000. Pp 509-12.