stereortypes

 

In many films that African  American men and women have played in, personally most of them have stereotypical roles. beyond the fact that this is degrading to my race and culture, its also very hurtful to see and unfair in many ways. the fact that these stereotypes are supposed to represent every black person , and that's the  unfair part for me because as I have grown up, I have notice that these stereotypes effect how others treat and view you. therefore myself and others tend to feel as though we have to  "prove our self" just to make an statement that says *hey I am not that stereotyped black women/men* I actually do know how to speak correct English, I am educated, I am not loud, I do act civilized in public, I do deserve to work ECT.  

 

 but in a movie I have watched particulary is the movie  called "Friday" Creg the main character is a thug, not doing anything with his life, his dad chases dogs for a living, his mom cleans houses, and his best friend  sells and does drugs. In the film  that African American women have played in, the women plays the roles of, domestic house workers  and slaves , also black women are routinely portrayed as sassy, neck rolling individuals with attitudes in television and films, and this is where the saying " the mad black women" comes from. in today's entertainment the popularity of these so called reality shows severs to fuel these stereotypes, especially when  they are full of drama. men stereotypes are not just played on television and in films but they have been viewed that way beyond that, and  are getting killed over it. most roles they have played in as drug dealers, thugs, pimps, murderers, rapist,. they overlook how racial and economic injustice makes it more difficult for young black men to not be an target when it comes to authorities and even in future opportunities. the way they portray African American men and women on t.v , internet, movies ect is the problem , only until they would be willing to change the way they represent races in the way they do  and not give people stereotypes things would be different.

 

it clear that things have been this way, and most likely will not change anytime soon, but that does not make up any excuses for the negative representation  not only African American but any other culture that has been stereotypes in a negative way on television and films.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_African_Americans

 

ideological stand point.

I recently talked about the genre conventions of the animated movie inside out, and what this movie portrays as the specific genre, and what we all expected or did not expect. but this week I will talk about this movie but from an ideological stand point, for many who has watched the movie, we can all agree that this was an great movie it was very  interesting, fun, and just overall had a great messege. but when understanding the true definition of ideology and how people view it some may not agree or like this movie as much as others.

as john Adams said " an ideology is a system of ideas which attempts to explain reality" but I believe that sometimes  ideologies tend either to over-simplify reality, or to completely distort it. but in this movie it did not over-simplify reality because of course we don't have animated characters in our head working together as our "feelings" but  they simply tried to help us visualize how things may work in our head in a fun way. some may have also say that this "over dramatization" also opens up the conversation of mental illness depending on the way you view the movie, and for many this is to hard of a topic to talk about, and should not be shown in this movie.

from an ideological stand point, people with different political views and even different cultural backgrounds may have problems with the movie depending on their  understanding of it, most Americans may think of creating a movie like this would be brilliant, but other cultures may feel as if the movie is invasive towards their personal thoughts and feelings and may not find it comfortable with the exspression of the movie. other cultures also may have different beliefs they may not believe in letting your emostions out when they are provoked, when someone upsetting you, you cant scream or curse to exspress your anger, or showing sadness or fear in public, they may believe in controlling your emostions and" meditating" and not letting your feelings get the best of you, while many americans have normalized exspress your self however you like whether is free speech, and exspression your emotions.

despite the different views an the perspectives on the movie, ideology with many things could help or hurt the way other views things, and how they "group things" , but in this case I don't see any harm done with this movie being created, and even though  not everyone agrees on this being a wonderful movie they may can pick out certain great aspects of the movie.
 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ideology.aspx

media conventions

 

 

 I just recently watched the cartoon, "Inside out" The film is set in the mind of a young girl named Riley Andersen, where five personified emotions- joy, sadness, fear, anger, and  disgust, tries to lead her through life while her parents has decided to move to California  from Minnesota, and she has to adjust to her new life. this media genre would be considered to be an animated comedy fiction with a message. the convention that makes up this movie would be the animated characters  that are being helpful through her life, her "imaginary friend" all the bright colors, and even the creative places that the emotions have created for her like family place, friendship land, and what she loves to do most the  hockey center. most times in animated movies we think "child like" and lot colors, 3D animations, silly looking cartoons and places ECT, well the media conforms to genre conventions when creating animated movies like inside out because like most cartoons most younger children are more attracted to these kind of movies, this audience (little kids) love bright colors and will be fascinated by all the colors therefor will stay more focused on the movie, the  creative places/ silly looking places, media is  understanding that  kids have wild imaginations and the lastly the media creates these animated movies to have an message behind it, but also clear and easy for the  audience to understand. https://prezi.com/shv9tjldzuvq/how-and-why-does-your-text-product-conform-to-genre-conventions/

berni politcal view

In the united states today, six media conglomeration  control almost all forms of mainstream media. According to Bernie Sanders, this violates the core principle American government  as “we cannot live in a vibrant democracy unless people get divergent sources of information.” To also had  this problem, Bernie has consistently BUSTED media conglomerates on their dishonest practices. He has fought for affordable cable television prices, supports net neutrality, and wants to protect and encourage independent news sources across all media platforms.

sanders have spoken out against the conglomeration, ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=77V2Xu_AtXc) if you guys didn't know, the united states broadcasting and telecommunication services in the united states are largely controlled by six  corporate conglomerates: Disney, CBS, News Corp., Viacom, Time Warner, and Comcast.

Berni Sanders argues that the current situation does not abide by the rules of the "pillars of freedom of speech and the freedom of press that was guaranteed by the amendment  , in his actual words he clearly states that “In my view, it will be very dangerous for our country and communities around America when one company is able to own a local newspaper, television station and radio station. Opposing points of view won’t be heard and our democracy will suffer.”

he feels as though he has fought long and hard about consistently opposing the  media consolidation including, also voting again the Telecommunications, and says that each time the FFC has tried to weaken media ownership regulations, Berni has been on the front line fighting for stronger protection for diversity in media. he also has consistently fought to  maintain the Internet as an affordable service with free access.(<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.co)

Personally, I have not  been this  aware of politics and their views on media since this class, learning politicians  views on the media really does give me a broader view on things, even my personal  opinion on things we have learned in class, I don't agree with everything that he has said, but I am happy that he does see things we need to change and he is willing to make the change. adding on the sanders  view on things, what are other ways he could think of that would benefit in the long run?

political retraints

I just recently had time to just sit around this weekend and watched the pirates of the Caribbean on Netflix , and I HOPE everybody knows what the pirates of the Caribbean is BUT if not , this Disney movies series is based on pirates and their adventure and different things they encounter , that's kind of the best way I can describe it lol,  this movie is rated  PG-13 , personally this is a appropriate  rating for the content of the movie, when this movie first came out I was not able to see the movie with out one or both of my parents, I could not understand what  this was because it was a product of Disney, they also had commercial/advertisement for the movie on Disney , so I was confused on why it was not just rated PG.

when I researched why this movie series got this rating,(https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-curse-of-the-black-pearl) the unknown group of people that viewed it said that they feel as though the Parents of the children that was going to watch the movie needed to know that there's lots of violence for a PG-13, and while it is not especially graphic, there are images, including the literally skeleton pirate crew and a false eyeball that keeps coming out, that may be disturbing to some viewers. There are some revealing bodices and some mild sexual references, including prostitutes (not explicit and no nudity or sexual situations). There is some strong and colorful pirate language. Characters drink rum and get tipsy.   

according to the things that they pointed to the ratings for this movie seemed to be acceptable, but who is to say that the  children who has seen the movie or is going to watch the movie in  the future   has not already been exposed to the "explict" behavior before , weather its from the parents at home, who is taking them to see the movie, or during another movie, and even through music and the language  from that. who agrees or disagree that Disney pirates of the Caribbean should be rated PG 13?