Stories by Chris Fitzpatrick
features editor at popmatters
MTV's faux documentary series, "Real World," is more pre-fab than ever, with self-conscious cast members who deliver exactly what is required of them.
Posted on Jul 19, 2002, Source: PopMatters
Music producers set imperialism to a new bass-heavy beat, claiming traditional "third world" art forms as hot commodities.
Posted on Jun 14, 2002, Source: PopMatters
How is a sense of security retained in an environment embedded with hidden policies and clauses that come to the foreground only after the fact? The same security measures put in place to protect our privacy have the capacity to strip them.
Posted on Apr 24, 2002, Source: PopMatters
Post-Sept. 11 paranoia affects the way we view everything. What may be art to a photographer may look like a bomb threat to a Walgreens' clerk.
Posted on Apr 22, 2002, Source: PopMatters
The recent CBS documentary on 9-11 is damning proof how a national tragedy has been turned into a marketing bonanza for corporations.
Posted on Mar 21, 2002, Source: PopMatters
