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]]> http://popular-nostalgia.com/how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising-301/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Popular Nostalgia » Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:52:37 +0000 http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/?p=301#comment-1117 [...] Everything that could invite censorship was in there - drug taking, guns, fights, underage sex, defecation, stealing, the death of a baby from neglect and all the weird drug-induced hallucinations you could imagine. Renton, the narrator, claims to be opting out of the boring, pre-determined “good life” whilst demonstrating all the horrors of drug addiction and violent associations. The juxtaposition of the awful scenes with the smug comments about “choosing life” show how a boring life may well be preferable. The anomie in Trainspotting is very similar to a speech made at the end of “How to Get Ahead in Advertising“: [...] [...] Everything that could invite censorship was in there – drug taking, guns, fights, underage sex, defecation, stealing, the death of a baby from neglect and all the weird drug-induced hallucinations you could imagine. Renton, the narrator, claims to be opting out of the boring, pre-determined “good life” whilst demonstrating all the horrors of drug addiction and violent associations. The juxtaposition of the awful scenes with the smug comments about “choosing life” show how a boring life may well be preferable. The anomie in Trainspotting is very similar to a speech made at the end of “How to Get Ahead in Advertising“: [...]

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