STDs, fighting fatalities and injuries, and jail time are real threats to those who choose to live in the false grandeur of a Hollywood life. The Ugly Face of Entertainment Entertainment tempers people's hectic pace of life, preserves sanity, and serves as a vehicle for socialization. In an age of technology, however, new entertainment has invaded society and rotted morals. Television, computer and video games, movies, and others have placed an unhealthy emphasis on indulgence and violence. By capitalizing on thrillers like aggression, much of entertainment has distorted human character and promoted violence.
The term exploitation is used heavily in film marketing as reference to what a movie will take advantage of in order to be more appealing to audiences. Themes are often sensationalist and exaggerated at the expense of the quality of the cinema, effectively labelled by academics as paracinema. Many aspects of the production can be exploited, such as using violence or sex to lure viewers. Movies such as these became extremely popular during the 60's and 70's in response to less censorship. However exploitation films in the 30's and 40's took on a more innocuous role in claiming to be educational in nature.
Crash The movie crash does a very good job exposing how common stereotyping people really is. Many people are affected by this every day. I really hope this movie helped people realize how much they affect people by what they say or how they act towards people just based off of stereotypes. Stereotyping is defined in our book as exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system. Stereotypes may be based on a kernel of truth, but they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis.
The media has a huge control on what is being watched on television. When it comes to Jackass the movie people love watching films that shows people hurting themselves and doing stupid stunts. People believe that watching others get hurt is more entertaining than watching intellectual shows because it puts many of them to sleep. Throughout the film there were many interviews from different people on describing what stupidity means to them. Not many of them really understand what it means.
They also share similar stories of two women who have overshadow how desperate women in Hollywood can be, and two men trying to make it into the Hollywood life style. Both Sunset Blvd, and The Day of the Locust show how the two leading female characters use men and manipulate them to get whatever they dicier. In the film Sunset Blvd, you see Norma Despond played by actress Gloria Swanson. Swanson really brought her character Norma performances to life in this film because she really made sure that the audience saw how sympathetic Norma was, and was in denial of the fact that she wasn’t a big star no more. One reason how Norman use her leading man Joe was when, Joe was sick and tired of dealing with Norma that he decided to leave her.
Although it might have been a great time for people and the economy, it was also a time of immorality and deception. Most people were constantly trying to find ways to get alcohol; therefore, they were only interested in parties and drinking. People also became very immoral, especially with the way they treated women and all the lies that were circulating among certain groups. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays how there was a decline of the American Dream and a lack of morality mainly through all of the different symbols that can be found in the novel. One of the major and most important symbols in The Great Gatsby is the green light.
Stereotyping and Prejudice in the Movie Crash Crash displays the perfect analogy of how humans deal with life, people, and our own experiences. Physical characteristics and racial differences are two distinguishing factors that separate us. People are afraid to have contact with others unlike themselves, so they rely mostly on stereotypes to determine people’s identities. They are unwilling to leave their comfort zone and they fail to attempt to understand the people around them. Their only opportunity to understand one another is by unintentionally crashing into one another.
My opinion of the movie “The Mack” is that it sheds a negative light on young black women and men. It clearly gave the impression that all women are hoes and black men can’t live the good life without pimping or selling crack. Young urban minorities watch television and movies and they see the glitz and glamour think it’s cool and want the fame. Goldie who considered himself to be a “hero” but in reality he was toxic, he was a villain, he was a murder, a drug dealer and a pimp. I would have to say that his brother was more so “The hero” but of course the movie had little focus on that.
I’ve heard people refer to “The Notebook” as cheesy, as a ‘chick flick’ (a label very few of my colleagues can stand because of its negative connotation), as predictable and sappy. So “The Notebook” doesn’t exactly take a brain surgeon to guess how the story is going to play out. And it does unapologetically play on your emotions, practically begging you to squeeze out a few tears. But here’s why I enjoyed “The Notebook”: it’s a movie you can relax and let flow over you. It’s also one of the few films out there that tells a complete story.
Barack Obama can write an amateur essay, yet readers are more prone to believing it than if it were written by someone unknown. The essay “A Desensitized Society Drenched in Sleaze” by Jeff Jacoby, argues X-Rated movies harm society. Jacoby argues X-rated films will desensitize and demoralize society. He explains his story of when he saw his first dirty movie, and sets a stage for the reader to refer from. “I literally couldn’t take it.