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The man's guide to capitalism: A capitalist's guide to men.

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In capitalism you are both product, to be advertized, and consumer, to be deceived, like being Hero and Gaze. The inner self is left out. It's a dirty, polluted, morally compromised thing that needn't be discussed let alone dealt with. If it has a gem in it, by all means, clean off that gem and display it on yourself. But otherwise steer clear of any mention of it.

In a high T Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen examines the interactions between masculinity and capitalism, between the Hero and the Gaze, the shell and the jewel, emasculation and fascism, the organism and the environment - all sorts of binaries you'd have a problem with if you weren't such a powerful man right now.

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Jeff Dorchen

Jeff is a visual artist, songwriter/musician, actor, essayist, fiction writer, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He's been a playwright, songwriter, and performer with Chicago's Theater Oobleck since 1988, a writer and actor with Red Baron Films since 2000, and a contributor to This Is Hell! since 1996. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

 

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