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Screen as Mirror vs. Mirror as Screen
- Film theory wrongly views the screen as a mirror, but Lacan saw the mirror as a screen.
- The screen shields the gaze, disrupting the viewer's mastery and revealing desire.
Gaze, Mastery, and Desire
- Copjec targets the idea that the gaze equals mastery and power.
- Desire emerges in power gaps, not as its manifestation.
Power-Knowledge Tautology
- The power-knowledge dyad in Foucault is a tautology.
- If power produces knowledge and knowledge produces power, it becomes all cause and all effect.