S2E2 - THIS IS WATER! By David Foster Wallace

Trinity joins Sophie and Raymond to discuss absurdism in Gen Z humor, the problems of irony, and deconstructing commencement speeches in the YouTube short film THIS IS WATER!, taken from David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement address at Kenyon college. Wallace earnestly challenges us to rethink what it means to a human being in the world, even when (especially when) it seems replete with tedium, stress, boredom, and frustration.

Check out David Foster Wallace's full commencement address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI

In our next episode, we will be discussing Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film The Seventh Seal.

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Theme music is "No New Words" by Caleb Klomparens. Check out his music athttps://soundcloud.com/kappamuse

Access the 2022-2023 Stoa Mars Hill list here: https://stoausa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mars-Hill-Topics-2022-2023-1.pdf

Check out David Foster Wallace's full commencement address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI