tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670679460420462604.post7326533261943645861..comments2014-08-15T23:14:50.679-07:00Comments on Femsculine: Action Man!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670679460420462604.post-9524039489333936622014-08-15T23:14:50.679-07:002014-08-15T23:14:50.679-07:00Hello Sierra!
I am not very familiar with this mov...Hello Sierra!<br />I am not very familiar with this movie but I know I have seen it before and do recall it being ridiculous. I love the way you relate this movie to Kilmartin and the ideas we have learned so far throughout this class. I would have never thought of Tropic Thunder as being a movie to go against the grain and use enlightenment but you make some very good parallels and very good points as to how it actually does. I feel as though humor can be a cover up for some things and for others it is just necessary. We can learn a lot through making situations humorous and allowing ourselves a minute to unwind our minds and let them soak in the crazy. Yet at the same time people who aren't educated in the way we are about these issues may not notice the messages under the humor used. I do the same things when I watch movies, I notice racism and class standards and gender and so many things because of my education but when I have pointed them out to others I get a weird look. After I watched "Olympus Has Fallen" I was in an outrage. I did think the graphics and acting overall with the movie was great but the message portrayed was so damaging to our culture. If you haven't seen it is is truly a good movie to examine underlying meanings. To me though the racism in this movie was outright blunt and obvious but when I mentioned it to a friend she said she didn't notice anything wrong. This just goes to show how those who aren't educated in these issues and this knowledge have a hard time understanding what we do. It makes me realize, as I have said multiple times this quarter, that we need to educate society about these issues otherwise they go unnoticed and just a blip on the radar. Thank you for sharing!<br />-HannahAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285293214209221438noreply@blogger.com