motion pictures

that's so true. the motion pictures play upon stereotypes and things that make us, as the audience, kind of uncomfortable to actually say. it takes reality to a new level.. it pushes us. i guess because they know the response of the public on specific situations and that drives the market demand. It takes what we think and plays with it, and molds the way we view things and how we respond to them. In the 1970's there were a lot of blackplotation films that played upon the views and opinions of the audience. Take blacula for instance, the main monster.. blacula (who was infected by dracula) is actually seen as a good guy who is just trying to get back to his african roots... who he was before he was "cursed." some could argue that this curse is how whites brought slaves over to america and forced them to leave all their beliefs, views and their hertiage behind. motion pictures are so fitting to society.. they have great power in creating the way we think about something or someone. more and more they have molded our society into who we are and how we respond today.