Consumerism is one of the more discussed topics in Fight Club and in Culture Jam. In the beginning of Fight Club, Edward Norton is portrayed as a compulsive buyer whose life revolves around catalogs and popular belief. This was to show how many Americans spend their hard e

arned money, not on beneficial items but instead on yin-yang coffee tables. Kalle Lasn also shares these beliefs. In one chapter titled, The End of the American Dream, Lasn describes how we went from a happy and motivated society, to one that would rather watch the Home Shopping Network than go outside and ride a bike. The media is another topic that was tackled by both. Lasn views the media as a corporate reassurance that "doing what we [the corporations] say" is good and beneficial. The media has become an evil tool for brainwashing current and younger generations to conform to popular culture. This message was also comprehended in Fight Club, but in this movie, the media is used against itself. In the pivotal scene where the group put

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