I think it's useful that you referenced 'The Uncanny', where things are Not Quite Real. It's a juicy topic to dig into. And a challenging one. I humbly submit, for your enjoyment and other readers, one of my favorite articles about movies, which is an in-depth analysis of the movie Step-Brothers through the lens of the concept of The Uncanny.
As I said earlier, I love this idea of taxonomy of weirdness, but I hope that you will elaborate about how McLuhan's "thing" was High Weirdness. I mean I get it, but someone without direct experience with "The Weird" could have hard time connecting these dots.
I like the idea of a taxonomy of Weirdness. This feels like it brought some things into focus for me. :)
I think it's useful that you referenced 'The Uncanny', where things are Not Quite Real. It's a juicy topic to dig into. And a challenging one. I humbly submit, for your enjoyment and other readers, one of my favorite articles about movies, which is an in-depth analysis of the movie Step-Brothers through the lens of the concept of The Uncanny.
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/10/08/theory-uncanniness-step-brothers/
As I said earlier, I love this idea of taxonomy of weirdness, but I hope that you will elaborate about how McLuhan's "thing" was High Weirdness. I mean I get it, but someone without direct experience with "The Weird" could have hard time connecting these dots.