Comments on: Nip Tuck http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Metal Halide Lamp http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html/comment-page-1#comment-15018 Metal Halide Lamp Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:38:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=155#comment-15018 i would always be a fan of Nip/Tuck, i was saddened about the episode when one of the doctors got breast cancer ~;` i would always be a fan of Nip/Tuck, i was saddened about the episode when one of the doctors got breast cancer ~;`

]]> By: Mary Walker http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html/comment-page-1#comment-1091 Mary Walker Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:58:04 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=155#comment-1091 Thanks for the link -- I hadn't seen this one before. Nip/Tuck ads seem to play at the borderline of horror movie imagery (the stitches, the giant scapels). It also reminds me of the dream sequences in Big Lebowski. The three feminine ideals? dreamtypes? that they chose to portray are interesting -- wonder why they picked these -- simply because they're highly recognizable? -- the Marie Antoninette look (a la the recent movie imagery from Marie Antoniette and the Dutchess), the Marilyn Monroe (busty, blond), and the Edie Sedgwick (the cropped hair). Thanks for the link — I hadn’t seen this one before. Nip/Tuck ads seem to play at the borderline of horror movie imagery (the stitches, the giant scapels). It also reminds me of the dream sequences in Big Lebowski.

The three feminine ideals? dreamtypes? that they chose to portray are interesting — wonder why they picked these — simply because they’re highly recognizable? — the Marie Antoninette look (a la the recent movie imagery from Marie Antoniette and the Dutchess), the Marilyn Monroe (busty, blond), and the Edie Sedgwick (the cropped hair).

]]> By: xian http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html/comment-page-1#comment-1090 xian Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:20:10 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=155#comment-1090 30,000 words, eh? what a tease you are! 30,000 words, eh? what a tease you are!

]]> By: Rick Liebling http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html/comment-page-1#comment-1089 Rick Liebling Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:49:38 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=155#comment-1089 I've probably watched 10 minutes of the show, so I'm coming at this with no background or baggage. This spot really works for me. Not because I think this is what the show is like, but because it speaks to what FX/the show thinks their viewers are like: Smart enough to get the Busby Berkeley references, and hip enough to dig Kanye. This spot is as much a tribute to the viewer as to the show. If I had never seen/heard of Nip/Tuck, and saw that spot I would want to watch the show. I know a little about the show, but will now almost definitely check it out. I’ve probably watched 10 minutes of the show, so I’m coming at this with no background or baggage. This spot really works for me. Not because I think this is what the show is like, but because it speaks to what FX/the show thinks their viewers are like: Smart enough to get the Busby Berkeley references, and hip enough to dig Kanye. This spot is as much a tribute to the viewer as to the show. If I had never seen/heard of Nip/Tuck, and saw that spot I would want to watch the show. I know a little about the show, but will now almost definitely check it out.

]]> By: Mary Schmidt http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088 Mary Schmidt Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:04:44 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=155#comment-1088 Personally, I think the commercials are far more interesting than the show. I see them as standalone art, for pure enjoyment of the imagery. That said, I admit N&T is one of my occasional guilty pleasures - a bunch of sick, unlikeable whiny people doing truly, truly bizarro things. Personally, I think the commercials are far more interesting than the show. I see them as standalone art, for pure enjoyment of the imagery. That said, I admit N&T is one of my occasional guilty pleasures – a bunch of sick, unlikeable whiny people doing truly, truly bizarro things.

]]> By: James D Kirk http://cultureby.com/2009/01/nip-tuck.html/comment-page-1#comment-1087 James D Kirk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:42:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=155#comment-1087 Thanks for the reminder, Grant! Fortunately, my DVR remembers whenever the heck it was on last that I was recording it. Close one! Thanks for the reminder, Grant! Fortunately, my DVR remembers whenever the heck it was on last that I was recording it. Close one!

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