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The Media is Disappointing
So, I don't really watch TV. I occasionally watch Family Guy, but it's much easier to do that online. The only use I have of my TV is, really, to play Smash Brothers. However, today after dinner, I saw that they were showing The Mask, so I decided to watch it with my sister. In the two hours that I sat there, there was probably 45+ minutes of commercials.
I know I complain a lot about how much the media screws with our minds, but I guess I never really fully comprehended that since, seeing as how I don't like the media, I don't pay attention to most of it. However, watching the movie and sitting through the commercials showed me clearly the influence of the media in our culture. And it's quite disappointing.
The Mask was actually a really good movie. However, Cameron Diaz was obviously the Megan Fox of two decades ago, and I felt that was pretty much all her role was in the movie. But the movie was the movie, and it wasn't what bothered me the most. There were all these commercials that were selling whatever products they were selling. But not really. What they're really selling is the look. The way the actors and actress look, act, talk, and express their desires. It's not that the companies want you to want their products; they want you to want to be like those people in the commercials (because the people in the commercials want those products). However, there are a lot of implications to, say, wanting a perfume product (why would you want to smell a specific way?). If you add that with the current trend of TV shows featuring teenage drama with really attractive teenagers who wear too much makeup, you result in some really messed up teenagers and viewers. All of these have something in common, and that's appealing to what's popular and cool. It's like what I always say about Glee: "Watching other people sing about their miseries so you could forget about yours."
I know I complain a lot about how much the media screws with our minds, but I guess I never really fully comprehended that since, seeing as how I don't like the media, I don't pay attention to most of it. However, watching the movie and sitting through the commercials showed me clearly the influence of the media in our culture. And it's quite disappointing.
The Mask was actually a really good movie. However, Cameron Diaz was obviously the Megan Fox of two decades ago, and I felt that was pretty much all her role was in the movie. But the movie was the movie, and it wasn't what bothered me the most. There were all these commercials that were selling whatever products they were selling. But not really. What they're really selling is the look. The way the actors and actress look, act, talk, and express their desires. It's not that the companies want you to want their products; they want you to want to be like those people in the commercials (because the people in the commercials want those products). However, there are a lot of implications to, say, wanting a perfume product (why would you want to smell a specific way?). If you add that with the current trend of TV shows featuring teenage drama with really attractive teenagers who wear too much makeup, you result in some really messed up teenagers and viewers. All of these have something in common, and that's appealing to what's popular and cool. It's like what I always say about Glee: "Watching other people sing about their miseries so you could forget about yours."
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