Charlie Sheen = Pop Culture Anarchist?

Article Link: How Charlie Sheen is Giving Us What We Want 

 

Props to Johnny Pariseau for flagging this super interesting article, which theorizes that Charlie Sheen’s recent antics reflect a certain self-awareness about his role in the larger circus-like media ”Empire.” Bret Easton Ellis suggests that Sheen occupies the same “Post-Empire” space as Lady Gaga and the kids of the Jersey Shore, who have been able to successfully to mock the entire charade while still embracing the system and profiting from it. If we look past the insanity and search for insight, you could argue that Charlie Sheen’s ramblings actually have much to reveal about the state of pop culture today. Love him or hate him, Sheen’s bombastically anarchist tirades against Chuck Lorre and CBS have succeeded in pulling the proverbial curtain back and focusing the spotlight instead on the puppetmaster who’s pulling the strings…