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The Graduate – Article Myriad //www.articlemyriad.com Insightful commentary on literature, history, the arts and more Thu, 10 May 2018 20:14:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.13 Analysis and Review of the Film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt //www.articlemyriad.com/analysis-review-film-nice-colored-girls/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:12:45 +0000 //www.articlemyriad.com/wordpress/?p=2205 The film, which is at once almost a documentary and almost a piece of exploitative fiction on film by Tracey Moffatt entitled, “Nice Colored Girls” follows three young women who are Australian aborigines as they are pursued by a white man called The Captain. If one had the sound off while watching this film it would appear to be a recognizable scene of a man pursuing different women for him to enjoy.  However, with the sound on it immediately becomes clear that the director of the film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt is seeking to demonstrate how many of the interactions between Australian aboriginal women and white men have not changed since the initial period of colonization.

Although it is eventually revealed that the film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt is not a documentary and is not simply a film depicting a real moment in time, one does get the sense that is a documentary at first taking place over the historical narration about first contact between Australian aborigines and white settlers. The film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt is far more about exploring the inner connectivity of history and an ending cycle of racist behavior that began at first contact and continues despite the modern buildings, cityscape, and new age. The plot of the film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt is recognizable but without the director’s decision to interpose historical elements, particularly the narrative about colonization ; first contact and thoughts about aboriginal women, one might see this film as a simple narrative about a man trying to find women to bring him pleasure.

One of the main issues about the film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt that can not be forgotten, aside from the excellent connection between history and modern action, is the way the film ends.  Throughout the film one feels a powerful sense of wrong end of the doomed repetitious nature of black-white relationships even long after colonization.  However, the fact that the director chose to end the film with the women walking away from the situation seemed like a contrived effort to include a happy ending, or a least one where the women were able to break the bonds of history.  Even if it was a good ending and a delicate reminder that times have changed and women are able to walk away from such situations, almost the entire film is aimed at showing how relationships between black women and white men have not changed since colonization.

Because of this aspect of the film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt, there is something cheap about the ending because although the women are walking away from that particular situation, there is obviously a much larger problem that exists– one that cannot simply be denied or walked away from. While it seems clear that this ending was meant to reveal something about the choices women have rather than a more bleak message about the curse of colonization, the fact that these same scenarios are being played out so many years after colonization speaks volumes about the fact that there is no ability to walk away in this situation repeats itself.

Despite my criticism of the ending of the film “Nice Colored Girls” by Tracey Moffatt, it was indeed a very powerful and complex series of modern versus colonial images and ideas.  While it may seem trite to say, it is impossible to get over how brilliant this film is in the way it uses historical narrative overlaid upon common modern images to make a point about the inescapable it he of history.  The frequent shots contrasting the cityscape in the outback are equally powerful and show that both are, in a sense, jungles– full of danger and uncertainty.

Other essays and articles in the Arts Archives related to this topic include : Summary and Analysis of the Short Film “True Stories” by Rachel Mira Perez  •  Summary, Analysis and Review of the Film “Reel Bad Arabs”  •Review and Analysis of the Documentary Film “The Merchants of Cool” •  Analysis and Review of the Documentary Film “Transgeneration”

]]> Film Review and Analysis of the Documentary “The Merchants of Cool” //www.articlemyriad.com/film-review-analysis-merchants-cool/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:00:08 +0000 //www.articlemyriad.com/wordpress/?p=2186 One of the most troubling aspects of the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool” is that the demographic that has fallen victim to this mass-marketed rebellion is the one that is most familiar. Just as its aim appears to be, the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool” forces one to question many of the media icons that have been mainstays in our youth culture. In fact, whether they were favorites or not, most youth who grew up in the 1990s have an enormous amount of popular culture knowledge, but the dark side of this is the level of consumption pointed out in the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool” as well as the level of deception present. Even more disturbing is the fact that many companies see teenagers not as people with real lives, problems, and issues, but as walking and talking dollar signs and even more disconcerting, as potential marketers of their products.

There are many disturbing, if not somewhat paranoid ideas presented in the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool”. For instance, the thought that people one sees that look hip or trendy are merely “plants” by companies to make their peers feel like they need to buy something to look like this person is incredibly frightening, especially since they could be anywhere. This aspect of the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool” perpetuates not a sense of unity as youth should feel with one another, but a very strong sense of jealousy and even suspicion. While the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool” is doubtlessly attempting to represent media and other companies in a negative light to expose these truths, the most perplexing question that remains is how true is all of this really?

Despite some of the questionable arguments put forth in the documentary film “The Merchants of Cool” one at least should be struck that this level of deception could be present and if nothing else, the film “Merchants of Cool” does get one thinking. With the evidence and argument presented, one cannot help but feel used simply as a result of being young. In fact, one could go so far as to say the biggest question that exists with this film is whether or not this entire sinister really exists to the extent portrayed. It would seem so and it is time for young people to wake up and snap out of the stupor they have been sold into.

This troubling question about the film The Merchants of Cool can easily be answered by turning on the television and now, after having the ideas from the film in mind, one can watch MTV and other popular culture youth programming with fresh eyes. The vulgarity is certainly present but it’s so omnipresent and presented as just an innocuous image of vulgarity (as opposed to what it truly is) that it has become almost completely acceptable. The problem is, for those not indoctrinated into this accepted level of vulgarity (i.e. parents and older folks) this is sheer porn and bad taste. Children, especially young girls who see a certain level of sexuality and “misbehaving” as something that is expected and even necessary are the most heavily affected by this because the information being presented is that it’s cool to be sexy and dirty and fun but there is no knowledge of the true issues surrounding sex or adulthood, thus it is, especially after watching MTV after this film, horribly creepy.

In other words, the question about whether or not this is an overly sinister representation of media and other companies marketing to the youth population might depend on who sees this film. On the one hand, those indoctrinated and unable to know better (very young people being fed these images and ideas) would declare that the film is silly and paranoid; something that parents dreamed up but as one moves into adulthood and then sees the film and watches MTV immediately sees that Docherty was merely skimming the surface.

Other essays and articles in the Arts Archives related to this topic include : Marriage and Family on Television : Parody, Sitcom and “The Simpsons” •  Film Review and Analysis of the Documentary “All About Sacramento”  •  Gender and Generation in the Film “The Graduate” (1967)

]]> Marriage and Family on Television : Parody, Sitcom and “The Simpsons” //www.articlemyriad.com/marriage-family-television-parody-sitcom-simpsons/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:57:37 +0000 //www.articlemyriad.com/wordpress/?p=2182 Marriage and family are common themes on many television shows and are often the basis for sitcoms, including animated ones like The Simpsons, which is basically about the exploits of one family, the Simpsons themselves, and their interactions with their community. The Simpsons television show depicts a completely homogenous town made of like-minded families who are all living according to a generally similar set of marital and familial expectations and values. Conflict in “The Simpsons” rests upon violations of these norms and thus the families in this show are so “normal” that they are actually parodies of the “typical” Western family. In short, as seen in the example of “The Simpsons”, despite the many options available to consider marriage and family relationships on television, the fact that Simpsons offers so many parodies of traditional families and communities makes it an excellent starting point for a discussion about family and marriage on television.

Before beginning this discussion of how families are represented on television as well as what marriage is presented as there are a few general points to address prior to involvement of “The Simpsons”. Families such as those on the television show “The Simpsons” can be studied on several levels since the term itself does not simply define one cohesive idea or theory, but rather a host of complex social, moral, economic, and other divisions and definitions. On the macro-level of examining family relationships and structure on television either on “The Simpsons” or on other television shows, one of the more significant aspects to examine is integration and the way families share certain sets of values and ways of living. For the most part, families on television or in real life share ideas about the meaning and values in life with one another as well as more general biological and other created kinship bonds. This is quite apparent in the animated family sitcom “The Simpsons” and even more importantly, this television show embodies the very idea of a normative family, almost to the point of parody, in fact.

Looking at the ways in which the Simpson family represents a host of “norms” in American and Canadian families is not only a useful task in examining this show on a more sociological and family-studies related level, but it is also worth recognizing how this is one of the main sources of humor. The show is, in part, funny because this family is entirely homogenous and represents the “typical” family to such a degree that it is bordering upon parody. One scholar terms the nuclear family unit depicted by The Simpsons as a “fable family” because they “do not look like anyone, but they are like all of us… their characteristics are what their roles are in the family, what goes on in their home, in school and in work but they don’t have the color, shape, or appearance of real people. In this sense, they seem to belong to everyone” (Kohn 2000).

The reason why they seem to be part of everyone is because in Western society, we all recognize there to be certain (albeit stereotypical to an incredible degree) essential truths about the normal or typical family. These are people who, like Marge and Homer Simpson, live with their nuclear family and have regular interactions with extended family as well, most notably in the form of grandparents and aunts. The “norm” represented by the Simpson family presents a traditional marriage where there is the requisite high level of interdependence with conventional gender and social values at work. Additionally, it is also worth noting that there exists both age and ethnic homogamy as both Homer and Marge share the same racial, ethnic, and age characteristics.

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