Gifted Student #1: Are these blues clubs like Baudrillard’s simulacra?
Gifted Student #2: No, these performances are not reproductions of earlier musical performances. Gifted Student #1: But they are tightly scripted performances designed to portray a historically inaccurate version of musical history. Gifted Student #2: True, but they aren’t attempts to recreated a specific act. Elvis impersonators, that’s a simulacra. They’re trying to literally redo what the King did. [Ed.
