Sunday, February 19, 2012


I thought I would use this essay as an opportunity to explain my 3rd blog more in depth. As I had said, “Gamer” functions as a social commentary and it reflects what life is really like. I’d like to go more in depth about what our society and culture has become. “Gamer” had many scenes in which women were showed in a very sexual way. They were dressed in very revealing clothing. There was also a scene in which two girls were kissing. The way the girls were dressed and the way they were acting shows the audience how much our society has changed and how we have come to accept many of these things. Years ago it wasn’t normal, but now we’re used to it. In a way, the movie also shows that as we go further into the future, society becomes more sexualized, but people aren’t shocked. Another aspect of our society that I mentioned in my blog was what our culture has come to be. Music is a very important part of our culture. These last couple decades, music has become very sexualized and it depicts what society is like. As I said girls are dressed way less now. Girls go to high school wearing short shorts and have their belly buttons showing. That would not be acceptable just a few decades ago. An example I brought up was Katy Perry. In her video for her song, “California Gurls”, Katy is shooting whipped cream out of her bra and in her “Teenage Dream” video, she is having sex with her boyfriend. Her song “Peacock” takes it to another level, in which she sings about wanting to see a guy’s “peacock”. Another example is the attention Nicki Minaj’s “assets” are getting. I’m not even going to talk about Kim Kardashian and her family. The part of “Gamer” that I mentioned about the two girls kissing, also imitates life because it shows how much more people have become liberal. The younger generation accepts everyone and isn’t shocked by it. During the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Although, it was somewhat controversial, it was quite normal. Now, Lady Gaga has a number of videos in which she kisses girls. One of them is “Telephone”, where she kisses a girl while she’s at prison. What I’m trying to say is that “Gamer” imitates life by showing the audience how much our society has become sexualized and have come to accept everything.

2 comments:

  1. Great idea, Raffi. As you state in your last blog, people are exposed to sex more than ever. But as you think about what is "normal," think more about what is considered exploitative and sensational. That's part of the joke within Gamer's "Society" game. It's not so much shocking to see sex than it is to see who is controlling it.

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  2. So, that would be the men in the entertainment industry? Kinda like how the man was controlling the woman?

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