Thursday, October 16, 2008
Blindness
I have yet to see the movie, but after reading both of the articles on the topic I feel that I side with the ones who feel that it is just a movie. I do not think that the movie should be banned. I dont think that people who are blind are being made to look like the bad guys or stereotyped or in the wrong light. I think this is one of the first times that i have ever even came close to hearing about a movie about blindness and to tie in the metaphor is great. It is not mocking or putting down anyone who is blind, like some people in the article said, it is just a movie and although we should strive to be considerate of all people...sometimes we have to pick and choose our battles the world is definitely not perfect. I am just happy to see a movie that talks about blindness out.
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I think the metaphor issue is interesting as well. It is a different view of the "reading" of the movie. I would like to hear more about why you think any publicity is good - vs. quality publicity?
I would like to agree with what you said Brittany but I dont think that I can. It is hard to just look over an issue when there is a large group of people being offended by it. I feel that there must obviously be something that is offensive if that is the case. Just like we always look for books that portray under-represented groups accurately I feel we should do the same even with the movie industry. And as they said in the article, this movie portrays blind people very inaccurately in a negative way.
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