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Life goal: teaching a college course called “Film Theory Of 1980s Music Videos” with a focus on Peter Gabriel, Devo, Dire Straits, The Cars, and Weird Al Yankovich.
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"French Wave Cinema vs. New Wave Music: A Critique of Peter Gabriel& #39;s & #39;Shock the Monkey& #39;"
"Whipping Eisenstein: Devo and the Art of Editing"
"You Could Be A Big Dipper: A Discussion on the Influence of Georges Méliès on & #39;Sledgehammer& #39;"
"The Fly: How Kafka& #39;s & #39;Metamorphosis& #39; Influenced The Cars& #39; & #39;You Might Think& #39;"
"Spaghetti Down Under: A Comparison of Sergio Leone& #39;s westerns with Men At Work& #39;s & #39;Land Down Under& #39;."
"Safety Dancing: JRR Tolkien, Fantasy, and Men Without Hats."
The final exam is all about A-Ha’s “Take On Me”.
“Answers and Questions: Stanislavsky’s Method Acting and Weird Al’s ‘I Lost on Jeopardy!’”
“Girls Just Want to Have Faulkner: A Portrait of an American Family in Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’.”
“Just Like The Old Man In The Book By Nabokov: A Comparison of Gender In Kubrick’s ‘Lolita’ and Madonna’s ‘Open Your Heart’.”
“Pleasantville 1984: A Discussion of the Use of Black and White and Color in Van Halen’s ‘Hot For Teacher’”
“Zombies and Race: A Discussion of George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’.”
“By Candlelight: Dogme 95, Natural Lighting, and The Police’s ‘Wrapped Around Your Finger’.”
“What Comes Around Goes Around: American Reconstruction and Culture Club’s ‘Karma Chameleon’.”
“Portraits of Suburbia: David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ and Talking Heads’ ‘Burning Down The House’.”
“Heart of Darkness: An Examination of Colonialism in Duran Duran’s ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’.”
“Pain in the Asp: Behind the Scenes of Elizabeth Taylor’s ‘Cleopatra’ and the Bangles’ ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’.”
“Kinsey in the Street: Sexuality on Screen with David Bowie and Mick Jagger in ‘Dancing In The Street’.”
“Can Dance A Little: An In-Depth Look at Fred Astaire’s Influence on Lionel Richie’s ‘Dancing on the Ceiling’.”
“Mummenschanz, Puppetry, and Genesis: Surrealism and Geo-Politics in ‘Land of Confusion’.”
The Secret of My Success: Corporate Culture, the Dawn of the Computing Age, and Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams”.
“When The World Must Come Together As One: Robert Altman, Ensemble Casts and ‘We Are The World’.”
“Yes, Jesus is Black, But I Have No Idea Why Madonna Is Dancing Amongst Buring Crosses: What The Fuck Is Going On In ‘Like A Prayer’?”
