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