tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401086521622593462.post7843768560440694768..comments2014-02-20T14:28:20.380-06:00Comments on J 201 - Section 301 (Honors): Online Assignment 3Germanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230323575044384565noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401086521622593462.post-55488972680302576582013-12-03T23:15:42.305-06:002013-12-03T23:15:42.305-06:00Liz, I thought it was really interesting how you b...Liz, I thought it was really interesting how you brought up the idea of how characters are portrayed. I, too, mentioned the highly sexualized woman characters. It definitely makes me wonder how much this portrayal influences young women--and men--today. Furthermore, it also leads into the discussion we had earlier in the year during the Advertising Unit. Specifically, the Dove and Ralph Lauren commercials. We already have so much photo shop and a skewed perception of beauty and reality... Perhaps it all started with Disney movies. Is that too much to assert? <br /><br />I thought your comment regarding the fact that media should be teachers as well as entertainers, is very spot-on. If kids are going to devote so much time to watching TV and movies, the least companies could do is make it worthwhile in terms of an educational standpoint. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096703617220772403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401086521622593462.post-20482710487719297572013-12-03T16:35:22.491-06:002013-12-03T16:35:22.491-06:00Liz, I liked reading your essay because it was str...Liz, I liked reading your essay because it was strong, easy to follow and you organized your examples and claims well. You did a good job of incorporating specific examples from the documentary into the essay, which made it really strong. It was nice to be reminded of those moments in the documentary and think, "oh yeah that's right." I had forgotten about the child who though Pocahontas was a real movie. I also agree with you that the Disney portrayals of gender and race are disturbing and now I feel a little weird about the fact that I watched those movies as a child. In your explanation of cultivation studies, I started to think about whether or not the Disney movies I watched as a child affect my subconscious for the long run. I wish you had gone a little deeper in explaining cultivation studies, but I understand the difficulty of dong that with a small word count limit. Overall, though, you did a nice job with this. Monica Chrittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437938231829125889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401086521622593462.post-75636128441409289722013-12-03T13:30:29.913-06:002013-12-03T13:30:29.913-06:00Liz, great analysis of the documentary we watched....Liz, great analysis of the documentary we watched. You articulated well how Disney shapes childrens' the perspectives of society and why exactly that is something we should be concerned about. <br /><br />They way you incorporated ideas and quotes brought up in the film to back up our course concepts was very illuminating and helped your post flow nicely. I thought it was interesting what you brought up about children acting out the movies that the see because I remember doing the same thing. Every time I saw a Disney film I would act out the role of the main character immediately after viewing and now I see how that is a concerning thing. We really are influenced by Disney's images.<br /><br />The only thing that I think would have helped this summery a bit more and get deeper into the concepts we learned in class would have been to strip off another layer in the analysis of Disney's influence and look at who exactly the people are writing the script. What does it mean that most of the writers are of the same gender, race, and socioeconomic background? What does that have to do with the portrayal of these "minority" groups? <br /><br />Overall great summery! I enjoyed reading it and it helped illuminate the main aspects of the film. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401086521622593462.post-91326644093013467242013-12-03T11:17:15.947-06:002013-12-03T11:17:15.947-06:00Liz, I enjoyed your analysis of the Mickey Mouse M...Liz, I enjoyed your analysis of the Mickey Mouse Monopoly. I like how in your first paragraph, you used many examples of cultural studies before leading into your main example of Beauty and the Beast. I recall they asked a group of young girls what they would say to Belle if she was their friend and in this relationship with the Beast. Many of them responded that they would feel happy for her because she had changed him, although the relationship was incredibly abusive before. I would be interested to know what you think about those comments, and how they relate back to the cultural studies perspective. I liked your note on the young boy who enjoyed Pocahontas because “it was real.” In many of my history and language classes in high school, we had to talk about what we have learned from Disney movies are blatantly untrue, although their historical movies seem to give us different perceptions growing up. And also how we play out those narrow storylines from the movies with the toys that represent characters, and think that is the only way the story is supposed to be told. This tied in well to your next paragraph on the cultivation theory perspective. One large conglomerate, Disney, that owns a huge share of media is influencing what we view and how we view it. And is especially targeting the youth and their views. I wish you had given more examples with movies in this paragraph, but overall great analysis! Sofie Lenzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123090448225247755noreply@blogger.com