1. Proposal. Rob Ford Film Festival. Program: The Jerk, Blues Brothers, Zelig, Borat, Ford Youtube videos.
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2. Movies in festival all help illuminate Rob Ford phenomenon. The Jerk: racial imposture, appropriation of black culture & music.
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3. Blues Brothers: Sibling relations, appropriation of black culture & music.
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4. Zelig: Ford as mimic man, no inherent self but mirror of larger social dysfunction. Borat: Ford as uncontrolled id, wild in the streets.
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5. This old Aaron Swartz essay on Borat helps us understand Ford as well: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/borat
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6. Ford/Borat entertains because he violates all those social taboos that we feel constrain us. The id in revolt against the super-ego.
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7. Please, someone organize this Rob Ford Film Festival.
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