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Originally posted by kiml122
This is what I was trying to convey when I stated it wasn't that deep. I mean there is a wide range when it comes to movies or anything. Just like "white movies" are not all alike, neither should "black" movies. People have their own opinion to like or dislike any movie be it a "black" or "white" movie.....remembers(sic) this is all suppose to be entertainment, not something that you are suppose to live your life by.
That is what I meant by it's not that deep.
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But it is that deep. Life imitates art that dictates life sometimes. Now is it the way it should be, of course not, but it is the way it is. When we go shopping for clothes, we see the latest styles, created by fashion dsesigners and marketed by celebrities. When we set goals for our lives, many of us want a nice house, car, etc. because that is the life that is shown on television and in the movies. One of the things that signifies class and status are your aestetic tastes. This is why some people would consider things like gold teeth
, a red wedding dress
, and for women gelled hair
"ghetto" because those things signify tastes that are unacceptable in the status heirarchy in our society. Taste is driven by art and nowadays art in the media. When our art (entertainment as some say) informs our sense of taste, which informs our desires, which then fuel our actions in life, I think we need to be critical of it. Besides, whether we are critical or not, it is going to affect us. I am not saying that everyone does whatever they see on television and in the movies, this is much deeper than that. I am saying that we call these things "media" for a reason, because they transmit values that we absorb consciously and sub-consciously. Why do you thing businesses spend so much on advertising? It ain't just to get the word out. But they understand that media shapes perception and values.
Read my earlier post about how I feel about the phrase "just entertainment".
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