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In general, postmodern writing involves a blurring of boundaries. An example of this is blurring the boundary between the reader or viewer and the fiction—for example, a TV show that acknowledges that it is not real. (Contrast [[This Is Reality]].) However, postmodernism can also be applied to fiction that mixes different genres into something new, such as the way that ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' [[Genre Busting|combines]] western tropes with science fiction and various movie [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiches]].
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Postmodernism is also a popular school of thought in the social sciences and humanities, largely revolving around the idea that a cogent argument doesn't necessarily have to make points that are actually true, while arguments that may "''technically''" be true in some sense are not necessarily either convincing or valuable. [[Your Mileage May Vary]].<ref>Basically, an argument is only as good as the job you accomplish with it. ''([[Mind Screw|See?]])''.</ref>
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== Meta-Example ==
* Anytime you see a '''Meta Example''', it's
== Advertisement ==
* Commercials have been experimenting more and more with
* Skittles: X the rainbow.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv5U0W8FDDk\ It's a big ad!]
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** Not everything. Original Drafts recovered from the Series were far more coherent, and certain supplemental materials try to focus on that part instead of the actual reality that was shown. The Manga is also fairly low on Mindscrew in relation to the Anime, along with the Remake.
* ''[[Gintama]]'': References to other Jump series and characters (and the Jump staff) come up very often, from simply spoofing the names, like [[One Piece|"One Park"]] and [[Naruto|"Belt"]] (pronounced "Beruto" in Japanese), to just blatant shout-outs (see: the [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|sukiyaki episode]] where a [[Death Note|shinigami]] pops up at the end and <s>Zura</s> <s>Katsura</s> [[Super Mario Bros.|Katsuo]] during the [[Nintendo Wii|OwEe]] arc). Also, the characters are fully aware of their being fictional—to the point where Gintoki and Shinpachi call out events that would get the anime cancelled and where Gintoki insists that people (even characters ''within the show'') buy the DVDs from Sunrise.
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* For being such a cute little [[Magical Girl]] show on the surface, ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' can be pretty
* The ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' anime starts with Haruhi directing a show about her purposes - to try to advance her purposes - which reveals more about the show than is first apparent.
* ''[[FLCL]]'' The characters, among other things, discuss how difficult it is to shoot a bullet-time kissing scene, just after having performed it.
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*** It's now a manga about a manga trying to get an anime while the manga itself is ''getting an anime''.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. Not only does the art design of the Witch's Barriers evoke references to classical art and fiction, especially ''[[Faust]]'', but the main synopsis, and several of the episodes, such as episodes 9 and 12, brings back memories of familiar anime series such as ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', ''[[Bokurano]]'', and ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Even the ending, {{spoiler|in which Madoka rewrites the Magical Girl system to become more like the typical MG series of old, and, in a way, allowing shows such as ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' to exist, essentially, a [[Reconstruction]] of the genre after the [[Deconstruction]] that was the previous episodes}} feels very postmodern.
* Speaking of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', it lives on [[Deconstruction]] and
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== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher, sociologist, and the father of media studies, may well have been a living [[Trope Codifier]] for Post Modernism. Aside from coining the phrase "The Global Village", he also had a lot of really ''out there'' theories. He stated that "The Medium is the message, and therefore the content is the audience". He believed that light bulbs were an information medium, and proclaimed "I refuse to appear on television, except on television" meaning that, if interviewed, he'd never set foot in a TV Studio himself, but rather talk through a TV screen. One can only imagine what he'd think of Troping... We know [[New Media Are Evil|exactly what he thought of the Internet.]] Remember, the term "global village" was an insult.
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