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Thematically, the play presents a plethora of modern issues—genocide, pornography, consumerism??exploring the destabilizing effects of these elements on Anne who is portrayed by multiple actors in different settings...
...Right on cue, the cab stops for a red light right next to a Best Buy store, and its glowing sign floats in space next to Butler’s countenance. Even as he laments the cultural deadening of that old-time American religion—namely, consumerism??one of its emblems pops up, neon-bright, just through his cab’s window. It’s a perfect moment; except, the scene ends what amounts to a 70-minute advertisement for Arcade Fire. “Miroir Noir,” Vincent Morisset?...
...farmers in Cameroon who have planted 350 trees on the edge of their village.Though he calls the proposal’s acceptance a “long shot”—because of commercial interests and the “wickedly fast spread” of mass consumerism??he touted the internet as a powerful ally.“The fact that we live in a connected world is the only wild card we have,” he said. “It’s not impossible to manage a situation where...
...show with ultimately good intentions. Nevertheless, in its aspirations towards the designer stratosphere, Project East calls into question some of the complications that surround the high cultural valuation of elite brands and designer labels. As the self-designated spokesperson for Asian designers, perhaps it should seek awareness of fashion consumerism??s impact on the Asian region as well. After all, it is the priority of developed and developing economies worldwide to fulfill the needs of the societies they reflect. To determine what these needs are, each one of us has the social responsibility to decide the aspects...
...inequality and exploitation. While Nike or Coca-Cola may serve as figureheads, society’s ills are not the result of the actions of “a few bad [corporate] apples,” but rather the product of a generally problematic system. Thus, insofar as ethical consumerism??s effects are limited to these figureheads, as a general tactic it is clearly insufficient...