All tagged postmodern
When a classic game is remixed by fans, it challenges the long standing relationship between consumer and producer. Creating new ways to enjoy media objects gives power to fans to become producers themselves, flipping the script on power relations and creating solidarity in fan communities.
Understanding the language of a series is vital when trying to connect with it on a deeper level. Making sense of the visual grammar and syntax of Monogatari is no easy feat. Linguistic language pairs with visual language in a complex dance and only when you look closely at both together do you realize how powerful they are when they move as one.
Fanservice is often dismissed as only existing for titilation and pandering to fans. However, if deployed with skill and purpose, fanservice can be a powerful narrative device. Such is the case with the Monogatari series. Part two of the Deconstruction Monogatari series looks at how fanservice powers its female characters.
