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    And if You Gaze Into the Garbage Pail, the Garbage Pail Also Gazes Into You: The Library of Disposable Art, #6
    All Figures Sold Separately: The Library of Disposable Art, #7
    Lon Chaney is Dead: Watching the Inner Sanctum Movies Drunk: The Library of Disposable Art, #5
    Ebook series3 titles

    The Library of Disposable Art Series

    By David Macpherson

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    About this series

    Can action figures give you happiness? 

     

    There are many toy manufacturers who certainly hope they do. They made commercials to explain how you can play with them and what joy you should find in these Barbies and G.I Joe. 

     

    This brief book primarily looks at the commercials for the toy playsets and the extra characters. 

     

    This is a joyful look at the way the commercials tried to inform our desire and the way we play.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Macpherson
    Release dateJul 3, 2020
    And if You Gaze Into the Garbage Pail, the Garbage Pail Also Gazes Into You: The Library of Disposable Art, #6
    All Figures Sold Separately: The Library of Disposable Art, #7
    Lon Chaney is Dead: Watching the Inner Sanctum Movies Drunk: The Library of Disposable Art, #5

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 5

      Lon Chaney is Dead: Watching the Inner Sanctum Movies Drunk: The Library of Disposable Art, #5
      Lon Chaney is Dead: Watching the Inner Sanctum Movies Drunk: The Library of Disposable Art, #5

      Lon Chaney is Dead: Watching the Inner Sanctum Movies Drunk: The Library of Disposable Art, #5

      David Macpherson
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      Sometimes a book about a film can be a comprehensive and diligent study of the movie. Other times, a book about film is no more than a dumb dare. This is one of those. David Macpherson, writer of obscure old pop culture, got a box set of the Inner Sanctum movies. He decided to watch them and write a book about the process. Just to make it more interesting, he decided to do the whole thing while drinking. Didn't we call this dumb? We weren't lying.   The Inner Sanctum films are six movies made by Universal in the mid-1940s. They all star Lon Chaney, Jr. They all are mysteries with a dash of the macabre. Some of them are good and watchable. Some of them are the longest one-hour films ever made.   David writes with wit, sarcasm and thoughtfulness about these mostly forgotten movies. He delves into issues of plot and the personal history of Lon Chaney. He loses himself and writes tiny little memoirs inspired by the movies spooling out in front of him. He gets through all six and only has this book and a major hangover to show for it.

      Sometimes a book about a film can be a comprehensive and diligent study of the movie. Other times, a book about film is no more than a dumb dare. This is one of those. David Macpherson, writer of obscure old pop culture, got a box set of the Inner Sanctum movies. He decided to watch them and write a book about the process. Just to make it more interesting, he decided to do the whole thing while drinking. Didn't we call this dumb? We weren't lying.   The Inner Sanctum films are six movies made by Universal in the mid-1940s. They all star Lon Chaney, Jr. They all are mysteries with a dash of the macabre. Some of them are good and watchable. Some of them are the longest one-hour films ever made.   David writes with wit, sarcasm and thoughtfulness about these mostly forgotten movies. He delves into issues of plot and the personal history of Lon Chaney. He loses himself and writes tiny little memoirs inspired by the movies spooling out in front of him. He gets through all six and only has this book and a major hangover to show for it.

    • 6

      And if You Gaze Into the Garbage Pail, the Garbage Pail Also Gazes Into You: The Library of Disposable Art, #6
      And if You Gaze Into the Garbage Pail, the Garbage Pail Also Gazes Into You: The Library of Disposable Art, #6

      And if You Gaze Into the Garbage Pail, the Garbage Pail Also Gazes Into You: The Library of Disposable Art, #6

      David Macpherson
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      What secrets will you find if you stare at a piece of art for three hours?   Will truth open itself to you just by gazing at something long enough? The Three Hour Gaze was first suggested by a professor of art history from Harvard.   With that in mind, David Macpherson decided to try this exercise in art appreciation by staring at a newly opened pack of Garbage Pail Kids Stickers for three hours and dictate the experience.   Garbage Pail Kids are the notorious sticker series that scandalized parents and entertained kids back in the 1980s. Staring at five of these stickers should allow secrets to be revealed. Or it just make David lose his mind slightly. He used a pack from 1986 and stared and stared.   In addition to the transcript of the Three Hour Gaze, David goes into the history and legacy of the Garbage Pail Kids and trading cards in general. Join David for the long stare. It is a fascinating examination of art and pop culture.

      What secrets will you find if you stare at a piece of art for three hours?   Will truth open itself to you just by gazing at something long enough? The Three Hour Gaze was first suggested by a professor of art history from Harvard.   With that in mind, David Macpherson decided to try this exercise in art appreciation by staring at a newly opened pack of Garbage Pail Kids Stickers for three hours and dictate the experience.   Garbage Pail Kids are the notorious sticker series that scandalized parents and entertained kids back in the 1980s. Staring at five of these stickers should allow secrets to be revealed. Or it just make David lose his mind slightly. He used a pack from 1986 and stared and stared.   In addition to the transcript of the Three Hour Gaze, David goes into the history and legacy of the Garbage Pail Kids and trading cards in general. Join David for the long stare. It is a fascinating examination of art and pop culture.

    • 7

      All Figures Sold Separately: The Library of Disposable Art, #7
      All Figures Sold Separately: The Library of Disposable Art, #7

      All Figures Sold Separately: The Library of Disposable Art, #7

      David Macpherson
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      Can action figures give you happiness?    There are many toy manufacturers who certainly hope they do. They made commercials to explain how you can play with them and what joy you should find in these Barbies and G.I Joe.    This brief book primarily looks at the commercials for the toy playsets and the extra characters.    This is a joyful look at the way the commercials tried to inform our desire and the way we play.  

      Can action figures give you happiness?    There are many toy manufacturers who certainly hope they do. They made commercials to explain how you can play with them and what joy you should find in these Barbies and G.I Joe.    This brief book primarily looks at the commercials for the toy playsets and the extra characters.    This is a joyful look at the way the commercials tried to inform our desire and the way we play.  

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