The Bling Ring Scene Analysis

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

Sleep and darkness is what gives them the cover they need to commit these scandalous activities. If there were no darkness or sleep, there would be no cover to commit crimes. Humans would not have an increase in personal danger because they are unaware of their surroundings.
The Bhopal chemical plant disaster relates very closely to Nan Enstad’s “The Toxicity and the Consuming Subject” but particularly her example of women in Richmond, California who can correlate their breast cancer to “many factories and oil refineries” (56). Enstad continually emphasises we are victims of our environment and the Bhopal chemical plant accident proves this is the case. Crary and Arendt’s idea of consumption helps me understand why Rebecca and Marc commit these horrible crimes. Looking at my film scene with the ideas from paragraph 24 in mind makes it easy to comprehend why Rebecca and Marc do this: consumerism. They are consumers themselves and they sell to consumers. The idea of new goods in our society is like an addictive drug, everyone is constantly looking for the newest, coolest, best items and Rebecca and Marc have a “free” way of getting them. They use this to their advantage, craving the popularity they receive from having these goods that all of society desires. Expanding with the idea of consumerism, one can turn to Nan Enstad and her idea’s of consumerism in all markets of society. Enstad uses her essay on toxicity show how our over demanding consumerism affects the quality of goods, our society and our environment as a