Spectacle Machine - Marshall McLuhan, Videodrome, Peter Kingsley, WandaVision, Sit With It
The concept of Spectacle Machine was presented to me in 2023 and I trudged through months of prep to unravel this. Couldn’t quite deliver it the same way as I usually do, so here’s a podcast episode in keeping with the theme... This may be my personal favorite.
This video explores the concept of the "Spectacle Machine" and its relationship to media, consciousness, and reality. It draws on the work of Marshall McLuhan, Peter Kingsley, David Cronenberg, and many others. It includes two segments on Videodrome and the film is sort of the glue that holds the discussion together.
The discussion also explores the role of the "Divine Feminine" as a mediatrix or creator of the world, suggesting that the spectacle we perceive is a manifestation of a deeper, hidden reality.
Ultimately, the ‘hosts’ explore the idea that the human body itself can be understood as the ultimate "Spectacle Machine," capable of both creating illusion and offering a path to true understanding.
