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Today's DPP episode explores the little-known 1994 feature by multi-media artist Jessica Hagedorn – Fresh Kill.

Recycling, sushi, yuppies, toxic waste, nameless megacorporations, ethical hacking – Staten Island – Fresh Kill has it all, wrapped up in a dissonant prose-poem of a script.

But did the world really turn into the endlessly diffused and globalised set of networks that Hagedorn predicts?

Find out in today's episode.

Season 1, Gen X — Episode 25 — Fresh Kill (1994)

Opening and Weather Chat

Introduction to Shu Lea Chang's Fresh Kill

Plot Overview of Fresh Kill

Themes and Satirical Elements in Fresh Kill

Shu Lea Chang's Artistic Vision

Techno-Optimism vs. Anti-Tech Movements of the 90s

How does the film explore the intersection of technology, politics, and environmental issues?

Hacking as Resistance in Fresh Kill

Environmental and Racial Themes in Fresh Kill

Corporate Apologies and Satire in Fresh Kill

Escapism and Global North Critique

Optimism for Technology and Social Change

The 'End of History' Sentiment and Corporate Critique Shift

Culture at the End of History 

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