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7. Chelsea Martin: Tell Me I'm an Artist, Simulacra, and False Consciousness
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Episode 7: Chelsea Martin: Tell Me I'm an Artist, Simulacra, and False Consciousness
In her newly released Tell Me I’m an Artist, Chelsea Martin’s obliquely autobiographical protagonist embarks upon a seemingly absurd project of self-disclosure, embodying the Self as a homebrew remake of Wes Anderson’s Rushmore, a film she’s never seen. In so doing, she reifies her own identity -- alternately self-reflexive and self-abolishing, embodying the deepest contradictions of the archetypal Outsider -- in ways not possible…
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