Culture in Film

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Name: Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt Class: QH10F1E7 Intercultural communication Individual final essay assignment Topic 2: Choose one source of communication (newspaper articles, advertisement, video clips on YouTube, comment on YouTube, blogs…) either from one specific country or from two countries for the purpose of comparison and contrast. Analyze the materials chosen using at least 2 concepts obtained from the course to see how cultural elements influences the way people communicate/behave. Material: film: “Mr. Baseball” (1992) Essay: Intercultural communication aims to provide people with information across different cultures. In fact, living in different culture is not easy, which causes frequent embarrassing situations. But after a certain amount of time, people adjust to new culture gradually. “Mr. Baseball” is a typical film of intercultural communication that indicates the far differences between the American culture and Japanese one. The movie mentioned some of the cultural aspects like beliefs, values, norms and one cultural dimension which appeared most obviously is individualism versus collectivism. First and foremost, this film is about Jack Elliot- an aging American baseball who is traded to the Chumichi Dragons in Nagoya, Japan by the New York Yankees. Immediately, Jack faced with Japanese culture and the team’s manager. He believed that the rules and management style of new manager, Uchiyama, are ludicrous and continued to do things in his way which made his team be fed up with his attitude and lack of respect for the game and the team. At the same time, he had a relationship with the beautiful Hiroko- Uchiyama’s daughter, who helped him recognize true things. After that, he accepted the Uchiyama’s management and got a great number of benefits not only in baseball win but also in Japanese culture’s adjustment. It is obvious that this

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