Analysis Of Gabler's 'The Bling Ring'

The term “24/7” specifically refers to the non-stop work and consumption throughout our society. Crary references that sleep slows this continual consuming working cycle and without it our society would sustain “terminal disruption of cycles and seasons” (10) permanently blurring our perception of time.

This idea of nonstop consumption and work relates to The Bling Ring scene where Marc and Rebecca commit their first robbery. Burglarizing Evan’s house is the gateway to a lifestyle of never ending consumption and work. This scene shows the viewer Rebecca and Marc “going to work,” taking and consuming what they see as valuable.

Crary’s idea of nonstop work and consumption relates to the everyday consumer and celebrities as well. Gabler’s “Our

All other basic human necessities in our modern world can be found in many places and distributed very quickly getting us back to being productive. Sleep is the only thing left robbing “time from us by capitalism” (10). All modern necessities can be found with ease. Rebecca and Marc look for the luxuries in life, quickly realizing these luxuries come with prices and consequences. They put the rush they get from robbery above all other things.

Crary’s idea that basic human necessities have evolved into something more convenient for us corresponds with Enstad’s idea that the production of these goods has evolved as well. We are producing goods now with a much higher pollution level. Enstad uses toxic levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether found in “mattresses, carpets, the plastic casing of televisions” (55) and many others to prove that although production has risen over the past century, safety in production has not.

Humans have continually been developing and adapting. The idea of sleep is becoming more challenged than ever before. The only thing in life you cannot cheat is the clock; taking medicine to reduce sleep gives you more time to live your life to the fullest. As Crary says at the end of the paragraph on page 14 “sleep is for

Modern society is becoming nearly too efficient, we would “no longer live in a world at all” (22) but rather a place that includes never ending cycles. Arendt’s biggest fear is one of which never ending consumption consumes human resources thus consuming human life.

The idea of appearing and disappearing is similar to Rebecca and Marc’s strategy for robbery. They are in and out. When they robbed Evan’s house they were in there for under three minutes. They are much like modern societies expectations of goods: appear quickly and disappear just as fast.

Human consumption in the modern world is astronomical compared to centuries ago. We are using up the world’s resources on an individual and cultural level; consuming more than ever before. Slyvie Kim references to over consumption stating that “more than 100 million pounds of spam” (3) have been consumed due to their culture. Putting that in perspective that’s equivalent to eating nearly 140 Boeing 747