“It’s Problem of Perception.” The Coen Brothers’ Constructivist Use of Genre

Allen H. REDMON

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“It’s Problem of Perception.” The Coen Brothers’ Constructivist Use of Genre

Yazarlar:

Allen H. REDMON

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2010 Issue 32, pp.8-18

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2010

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İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734548

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İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606

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In what seems like something of a non sequitur at the time, the Coens leave the central  narrative of O Brother Where Art Thou?  2000 , to focus on a political conversation between Pappy  O’Daniels  Charles Durning  and his staff. The sitting governor wonders what he has to do to gain a  “constituency.” His son, Junior  Del Pentecost , suggests they try to copy the campaign of their  opponent, Homer Stokes  Wayne Duvall , and get “a little fella even smaller than Stokes’.” Pappy  explodes. He cannot let his campaign seem like “a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies.” Pappy explains  that his primary problem is that people already think, “this Stokes got fresh ideas.” Imitation of  Stokes would only confirm this assumption. His two advisors agree: “It’s a problem of,” one of the  two begins and then searches for the word that the other is ready to offer, “perception.” The  conversation carries with it an unexpected significance not only for this one film where  misperceptions come with perilous consequences, but for those who try to work to make sense of such  a film in the late twentieth century. The common perception of contemporary American filmmakers,  the Coens included, is that they are “a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies.” They can be little more set as  they are within postmodernism.

Makale detayları

“It’s Problem of Perception.” The Coen Brothers’ Constructivist Use of Genre

Yazarlar: Allen H. REDMON

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2010 Issue 32, pp.8-18

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2010

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734548

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Allen H. REDMON

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2010 Issue 32, pp.8-18

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2010

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734548

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606