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Matthew K. Adkins

Matthew K. Adkins

Matthew K. Adkins writes on popular culture, including film, television and pop music. His publications include “New Wave: Image Is Everything” and “Television Storyworlds as Virtual Space.”

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Before French Philosophy Launched Postmodernism, There Was ‘Green Acres’

Before French Philosophy Launched Postmodernism, There Was ‘Green Acres’

Although French thinker Jacques Derrida gets credit for “deconstruction,” namely the idea that language is slippery and breaks down under scrutiny, the 1960s American TV sitcom “Green Acres” had already done something similar: explore the absurdity of life and how we talk about it.

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