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Title: Y200 Politics and Film


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Y200 Politics and Film
  • March 31, 2011

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Christensen and Haas Conclusions
  • Political movies have debated the great issues
    of the day as the nation debated them, sometimes
    ahead of the public and sometimes lagging behind,
    sometimes dissenting and sometimes reinforcing.
    Regardless of the state of the union, however,
    some ideas about politics are constantly
    reiterated by movies. If audiences absorb these
    repeated messages, their cumulative effect must
    surely be cynicism and apathy. (p. 278)

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Structural Constraints
  • The use of stars to portray heroes
  • Audience preference for melodramas (conflict that
    must be solved by heroes)

4
More from Christensen and Haas
  • Hollywood movies have rightly condemned
    intolerance and corruption.
  • More negatively, they have told us to rely on
    leaders and heroes for salvation, ignored the
    alternative of collective action, and neglected
    or condemned opinions that stray from the
    mainstream.
  • They have disparaged politics in presenting it
    as evil and corrupting.
  • They warn us to stay away from politics

p. 288
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Rambo
Yankovic video
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Films that Christensen and Haas Admire
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Reds
  • Matewan
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Natural Born Killers
  • Wag the Dog (viewed more favorably than the more
    successful film, Dave)

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Images of Democracy
  • Visual Symbols of American Democracy
  • The monuments and buildings of Washington, D.C.
  • The founding fathers
  • The great presidents Washington, Jefferson,
    Lincoln
  • The people and the land
  • Elections and Campaigns
  • Government in Action
  • Grass Roots Politics

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Democratic power imagery
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Imagery of Power
  • Military vs. non-military capabilities
  • Coercive vs. persuasive power
  • Legitimate or institutionalized power (authority)
    vs. illegitimate power
  • Representation of power in terms of institutional
    symbols

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Good vs. Bad Government
Frescoes in Siena by Ambrogio Lorenzetti
1338-1340
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Jabba the Hut
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Imperial power imagery
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