Post-Modernism

In the Modernism lecture, we learnt that people have positive mental attitude towards progress that it is mostly the case that they blindly obey rules established by social authority. Modern Art movements evidence originality and minimalism. The post-modern society is the total opposite of all these. It is characterised by disintegration, pessimism and impurity. Modernism is the expression of modern life, while Post-modernism is the reaction to it. The reaction against modernism sparks off when the reality of modernism starts to prevail as metropolitan building crumbled and people start to snap out of the disillusionment that the advancement of technology will improve their lives.

Some of the rebellious acts by post-modern artists include celebrating kitsch and ridiculing bogus religiosity. Animation could be classified as kitsch (or trivial culture) especially Western cartoons such as The Simpsons. It is made to be unoriginal, as the episodes were made based on popular culture, so that the audience can relate to the jokes. The series is highly satirical as producers unintelligently mock social authorities and propose conspiracies. The fact that this type of cartoon is really popular reflects the post-modern audience's attitude of not taking things seriously.