Definition of "Postmodernism"

The following is a definition of "postmodernism," according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online, which is a word that may have some relevance to the upcoming show:

[< POST- prefix + MODERNISM n. Compare POSTMODERNIST n. and later POSTMODERN adj.]

The state, condition, or period subsequent to that which is modern; spec. in architecture, the arts, literature, politics, etc., any of various styles, concepts, or points of view involving a conscious departure from modernism, esp. when characterized by a rejection of ideology and theory in favour of a plurality of values and techniques. Also in extended use in general contexts, freq. used ironically.
Typical features of late 20th cent. postmodernism include references to, or the use of, earlier styles and conventions, a deliberate mixing of different styles and media (often with self-referential or parodic intent) and the incorporation of images relating to consumerism, mass-communication, etc.

1914 J. M. THOMPSON in Hibbert Jrnl. July 744 The raison d'etre of Post-Modernism is to escape from the double-mindedness of Modernism by being thorough in its criticismby extending it to religion as well as theology, to Catholic feeling as well as to Catholic tradition. 1926 B. I. BELL Postmodernism & other Ess. I. vi. 54 The Spirit of the Living God will create Postmodernism. 1942 H. R. HAYS in D. Fitt Anthol. Contemp. Lat. Amer. Poetry 601 His sonnet on the Swan..is the manifesto of post-Modernismone of the significant landmarks in world literature. 1969 L. FIELDEN in Playboy Dec. 151/1 Cross the border, close that gap: post-modernism. We are living through the death throes of literary modernism and the birth pangs of postmodernism. 1979 Time 8 Jan. 53/1 The nearest man Post-Modernism has to a senior partner is, in fact, the leading American architect of his generation: Philip Cortelyou Johnson. 1985 Crit. Q. 27 4 Postmodernism has been described as both an extension and intensification of modernism and as a reaction against modernism. 1994 Laywitness July-Aug. 2/1 Some years ago the Latin Liturgy Association, hardly a herald for cultural postmodernism, offered a videotape of the coronation of Pius XII.