Alison, Macherey

“Theory begins from that incompleteness which is so radical that is cannot be located.” (page 16) Macherey is trying to make sense by theorizing about theory. He completely gets how people feel lost without answers. Nowadays people rely more on facts and real answers than religion or a higher power. They want to have concise solution to their problems to which technology and science are the answer. In todays world religion is loosing followers and technology is gaining. The rate that technology is increasing has had a vast affect. The ideas that people have can be shown to millions in a matter of hours or days. The internet is a platform in which the everyday person can broadcast their theory, however radical, and receive feed back and support.

The idea of the gap is a part of what Macherey focuses on in his article. People will take what they see and fill in the missing details. “There remains a possibility of saying something else” (page 5) This quotation perfect describes how no one will see the same thing in a piece of media. Many artists want the viewer to make opinions and film makers now purposely leave out details. This is because we think in a post modern way, always jumping to conclusions and trying to fill in the gap. An example is the movie series Saw. The audience will try to draw conclusions and figure out what is to come even before it happens. They believe that what they know will come true, but the movie has so many little twists and turns the theories are thrown off. The way media is viewed is all through filling gaps. The post modernity of having the need to fill the gap is the way we live our lives now.