Big Red Son

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Big Red Son is an essay by David Foster Wallace that explores the culture and spectacle of the adult entertainment industry, originally published in Premiere magazine and later collected in his book "Consider the Lobster."

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instanceOf essay
author David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED
collection Consider the Lobster NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores commodification of sex
intersection of commerce and sexuality
media spectacle
firstPublishedIn Premiere magazine NERFINISHED
form long-form essay
genre journalism
literary journalism
nonfiction
includedIn essay collection
language English
laterIncludedIn Consider the Lobster NERFINISHED
notableFor detailed reportage on the porn industry
use of footnotes
originalAudience readers of Premiere magazine
partOfSeries journalistic essays by David Foster Wallace
publicationMedium Premiere magazine NERFINISHED
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED
setting adult entertainment industry awards show
subject American popular culture
adult entertainment industry
celebrity culture
pornography industry
spectacle
tone critical
ironic
observational
writtenBy David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED

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