ENGL1102 Notes
2/3/2012
“Weeds” Opening Credits, “Little Boxes” by Malvina Reynolds, reading in WOVENText
· “Little Boxes”
o Says that life is repetitive and reoccurring
§ Like that point, the pattern of the song is very repetitive
o References conformity
o Against consumerism
o Says that universities have a large effect on your whole life
§ Choose a major, and you will likely do that your whole life
o Motivations are put in to boxes, being too focused takes away the big picture and lowers diversity
o Life is like an assembly line, continuous and repetitive
o “Ticky-Tacky” was used to make most suburban homes at the time
§ Term created by Reynolds
§ Shoddy material
§ Great for mass production
o Suburbs created to give Vets a model place to live
§ All homes similar
§ Also popular with businesspeople, led to commuting
§ Often upper-middle class
§ Often closed to minorities
o “White Flight” –upper-class people left the cities, which made the city worse, so more people left, cyclical worsening
· “Weeds” Opening Credits
o Very repetitive
§ All drinking coffee
§ All driving Range Rovers
§ All exercising
§ Like an assembly line
o Lots of green color
§ Added brown tinge
§ Could symbolize a happy suburbia
§ Could symbolize money
§ Reminded people of the green light in Great Gatsby, symbolizes what someone wants
o Reminds people of Edward Scissorhands
o Coffee shop was reminiscent of Starbucks
§ Consumerist society
o Life was monotonous and boring
§ “It’s a Grind” coffee
o All the men in business clothes
§ White collar workers, 9-5 jobs
o All the women are in jogging outfits
§ Standard stay-at-home moms
o Each person looked happy but everyone was the same
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