Drink-or-Treat!

I guess this is an appropriate topic... considering it's the Halloween weekend. Seeing that I'm on-call and need to go around buildings, I get to see a lot of students in their costumes. Some are funny, others are scary and a few are just down right whack. Because I'm on-call, I don't have the privilege to dress up as something. Some students stick to the tradition costumes, while others impersonate other people. Some people are very creative with their costumes.


Seeing all of this makes me conclude that costumes are a medium because they portray a message. Depending on how "into" you are in Halloween you might have different interpretations on different costumes. As chapter 8 of Croteau and Hoynes states that the Active audience theory highlights the polysemic nature of media products. In this case both humor and irony can be seen. Costumes are a way for people to laugh at and say how funny or ridiculous they look and other costumes are ironic to the person wearing it. 


Depending on how well you know current celebrities, some costumes might be funny while others are supposed to make fun at the character they are imitating. Happy Halloween!!!