http://blog.ajchristian.org/2008/04/25/first-encounter-bakhtin-and-the-carnivalesque/ Essays and News on Web Series, TV, Film Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.ajchristian.org/2008/04/25/first-encounter-bakhtin-and-the-carnivalesque/comment-page-1/#comment-179385 The Box, the Abuser and the Suitcase « truck. cabin. spoon. Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:02:57 +0000 http://atomculture.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-179385 [...] When I watched the beginning of the video (I really couldn’t bring myself to watch it in its entirety), I was reminded of a concept introduced to me by a priest in my Media Studies class, the theory of the Carnivalesque by Mikhail Bakhtin. He said he likes watching Wowowee because it says it is a perfect Filipino example of the carnivals of the Middle Ages. Willing Willie, that video of Janjan in particular, is these day’s carnival. Bakhtin said that the carnival “opened up a space where social distinctions become blurred, hierarchies suspended, free contact between people became possible, and parody allowed for open critique” (Christian, 2008). [...] [...] When I watched the beginning of the video (I really couldn’t bring myself to watch it in its entirety), I was reminded of a concept introduced to me by a priest in my Media Studies class, the theory of the Carnivalesque by Mikhail Bakhtin. He said he likes watching Wowowee because it says it is a perfect Filipino example of the carnivals of the Middle Ages. Willing Willie, that video of Janjan in particular, is these day’s carnival. Bakhtin said that the carnival “opened up a space where social distinctions become blurred, hierarchies suspended, free contact between people became possible, and parody allowed for open critique” (Christian, 2008). [...]

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