tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post8213238225188502034..comments2024-03-28T09:04:42.135-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: Captain Video - The Legacy!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-25150446619930881452016-05-28T17:34:22.514-04:002016-05-28T17:34:22.514-04:00Outstanding points. I was remiss not to focus on t...Outstanding points. I was remiss not to focus on that aspect of the changes in society. In fact TV was a key instrument in the development of a shared cultural identity, cutting edge and modern and as you say potentially dangerous in many respects. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-36107146251737539832016-05-28T11:05:23.819-04:002016-05-28T11:05:23.819-04:00A genuinely new environment the country was also l...A genuinely new environment the country was also launched into at the time was the medium of television. The Kurtzman/Davis parody "Captain TVideo" emphasizes the strangeness and artificiality of early TV, with black and white images that had broadcast interference lines running through it. As usual, Kurtzman has the fake environment disrupted by other realities to jolt the characters out of their complacency. The fact that the character is called Captain Video points to how peculiar and futuristic this new medium seemed at the time. People used to stand outside of store windows to watch early TV broadcasts. It's so much a part of the landscape now, and in fact fallen behind other media, that it's hard to recall how threatening it was to some and how transformative it was to human culture. We live in the 21st century now. This is, politically, socially, scientifically, the future.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809592629762693427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-6354959756421238762016-05-28T06:14:10.991-04:002016-05-28T06:14:10.991-04:00That was the case with me too until I did the rese...That was the case with me too until I did the research for this series of posts. The influence of the series was lost on me and I suspect on many who don't even know it informs their daily lives. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-79975536822547589982016-05-28T06:09:57.487-04:002016-05-28T06:09:57.487-04:00Never seen an episode of Captain Video, but I'...Never seen an episode of Captain Video, but I'm familiar with the name and the fact that it was a TV show because of the parody in one of the early Mad comics.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com