* * I'm not sure if I understand the question, but I think these images * have been nothing *but* co-opted into standard Hollywood fare. * * Most often, punk imagery is used in that tired old trope of the * baddass with a heart of gold. Depending on how you define punk, I guess * one example (albeit Hollywoody) is _Pretty in Pink_ where the feisty Record * Store manager (played by Annie Potts) acts as the mother figure to Molly * Ringwald's brooding li'l lip-biter. Her maternal musings could be seen as * contradictory to the values (?) of punk. * * IMHO, attempting a postmodern treatment of punk might be a little * like trying to picking up the tweezers with the tweezers; irony, * appropriation, self-consciousness, and disdain for hierarchies seems to be * pretty central to both "movements." However--being a poseur of no small * renown--I'm an expert neither on POMO or punk, so take all I say with a * man-sized grain o' salt. :-) * * Happy punking! Rap on, brutha! Send me some facts on the private wire! Mark -- Mark Bunster |Exchange conversation if you dare-- Survey Research Lab--VCU |Share an empty thought or a laugh. Richmond, VA 23220 | [log in to unmask] | (804) 367-8813/353-1731 | -edFROM