Using Baudrillard to analyze our text is quite interesting, since the very text its self is a network of simulacrum. Each theorist is detached from his or her theory in the form of parody, which alienated the true meaning and goal of the theory. In one respect we have the image of the pimp and then we have the ideals of Althussure dressed up as the ultimate Marxist, Marx himself. Using a pimp as the simulation of as Althussure’s alienation of labor in many ways takes away from the reality of Althussure’s societal analysis. The way in which society uses ISA and SA to control the masses is summed up into a gold chain and him pimping out a young girl. This comedic simulation of a pimp alienates the actual reality of alienation that happens through prostitution. Therefore, while the pimp is comedically summed up into a few chains the comedy also turns Althussure’s theory into a comedy summed up into golden chains.
Simultaneously, while this parody over simplifies Althussure’s theory it also over simplifies Baudrillard’s theory of the simulacrum. His entire theory is summed up into his hatred Disney Land’s parking lot. His hatred for the parking lot is then emulated through Adorno and Horkhiemer’s disdain for the usage of simulations in American theater. They note that the media has the ability to create reality out of simulations which is the biggest fear of Baudrillard. However instead of emphasizing this, a joke was made of the way in which social apparatuses have a way of creating reality out of simulations.
[...] Aliya- Aliya looked at the group DocuParody in light of postmodern theories, especially Jean Baudrillard’s ideas about hyperreality. She was interested in noting the applicability of Baudrillard’s idea that everything is a copy of a copy, and therefore it is impossible to denote the original. [...]