the Muppet Model

The video above is footage of the Muppets edited to a song by the hardcore band Lightning Bolt. What would Birringer think when appropriators completely bypass the layer of production, the creation of their own images, and just chop up the original text? On YouTube, anyone can see the extreme of Birringer's Madonna Model, the idea of the audience as the producer. It's easier than ever to take and create media with the advent of broadband and cheap non-linear editing programs. In 2006, Joseph Kahn doesn't even need a camera with a fancy filter or his classmates for talent. He just needs iMovie.