In my Interactive Journalism class, we watched a video about "mooks." In urbandictionary.com there are three definitions of what a mook is.
1.
(adj) a jerk; not that nice of a person.
2.
Coined in the Scorsese film, 'Mean Streets', meaning a arsehole or loser.
3.
A term coined by Douglas Rushkoff in an episode of PBS's "Frontline" entitled "The Merchants of Cool." Mooks are archetypal young males(teens-early 20s) who act like moronic boneheads. They are self centered simpletons who live a drunken frat-boy lifestyle(or are frat-boys). Examples can be found anytime someone watches "Jackass." Rushkoff claimed that the media glorifies this ideal and stifles natural self expression, however, some people might argue teenage boys have always acted like morons(its actually a long-standing stereotype). Nonetheless, standardized conformist dumbass-culture behind a veneer of exhuberance is a scary notion indeed.
With this being, I don't think any girl would be interested in these mooks. It also seems like they're not very good people to be around with.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
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3 comments:
I agree, mooks don't seem like very nice people.
there is a mook inside every guy. some of us just have an easier time restraining it.
You can't spell stud without STD =]
sorry I just had to get that out there.
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