24 Hour Party People Essay

This is the work for today's lesson (in my absence). Answer the following question:

In what ways is 24 Hour Party People a postmodern text?

Work on this essay today. I expect in to be handed in by Friday. Your other essays will be handed back by Mrs Hammond in her first lesson this week. Tom can you enable the print function on your scribd embed. I can't print out your essay to mark it.


Remember to keep referring to the question.

Theory must be included. See earlier post of mine on Baudrillard and Strinati to help with this.

Make a list of the postmodern elements and find textual examples to explain them.

You could refer to some of the following elements and use them to answer the question:

• breaking the 4th wall/ direct address
• use of real peopl playing themselves
• the refernce to Icarus at the start of the film
• the 'wheel' reference
• the attempt to create a new mythology whilst referring to ancient myths
• quotes from popular culture - the use of intertextuality in the film
• the documentary feel to some parts of the film
• use of archive (real) footage
• the narrative as linear or non linear
• the truth ( can we trust the version of events we see? this will link to the creation of a new mythology)
• humour/ irony/ black comedy
• nostalgia