For the last week of December, we’re re-posting some of our favorite posts from 2011.
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A good mockery can go a long way towards exposing cultural trends. And this faux “Trailer for Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever,” sent along by Ben N., does a fabulous job of revealing just how damn formulaic American movies can be. It’s a treat:
See also: mocking tampon commercials.
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
