This idea that 'everything is a remix' has been around for ages
Does annoy me this guy has basically coined that phrase and passed it off as his own thinking.
I think in academia they call in structuralism, no? Joseph Campbell, Propp, Levis Straus, Barthes... it's basic undergrad literary theory.
(, Sun 16 Dec 2012, 17:53, Share, Reply)
I think the guy came up with an easy to understand metaphor
But the metaphor ain't new.
Daniel Coffeen, who taught rhetoric at UC Berkeley, often talks about everything being a remix. And as Beck sang, we all have two turntables and a microphone. His old lectures are available as podcasts.
And, things like Star Wars and Kill Bill are easy examples because they were intentionally copying.
(, Sun 16 Dec 2012, 20:19, Share, Reply)