postmodernism

Postmodernism is impossible to define - its a theory that takes every other theory - it suggests that the world in which we live in is meaningless and the only things that have meanings are fakes and are representation. 

 Deadpool is an excellent example of a postmodern film 
Postmodern films = 
- They will deliberately break rules and be as trashy as possible

 Ways humans doesn't quite make sense:
people are looking for Anita and we don't quite know why. 

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