Popular Culture [Thursday, December 6, 4th Period]

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Rose entered the class, smiling.

"Afternoon, class, I trust you've had an interesting week. Let's get started on the tests, shall we?" Rose took out a handful of papers and passed them around.

There were a series of questions written on the paper:

1) Do television programs provide us with honest depictions of culture?

2) Do television programs show positive portrayals of gender and/or race?

Rose tilted her head and waited for her class to finish. "All right, since you lot are done and the finals are just 'round the corner." Rose brought out digital video cameras and started handing them to each student. "I want you lot to make a documentary on any subject you think you can relate to class. I mean anything. Then on finals we'll view each footage and defend why you think your documentary relates to popular culture. It's that easy. So, better get started on the project, yeah?"

(Please wait for OCD up! Slow Play is Life)

Comments

Sign-In [12/06]

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Who are you?

Re: Sign-In [12/06]

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Yasutora Sado

Re: Sign-In [12/06]

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz Sherman

Re: Sign-In [12/06]

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn Hood

Re: Sign-In [12/06]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin

Re: Sign-In [12/06]

[way-black.livejournal.com]

Blackheart

During the Class [12/06]

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Throw paper airplanes, chat with your mates!

Re: During the Class [12/06]

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz quietly took notes.

Re: During the Class [12/06]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin surreptitiously made a few snowflakes with notebook paper. Though he did also take notes.

Testing Time [12/06]

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

1) Do television programs provide us with honest depictions of culture?

2) Do television programs show positive portrayals of gender and/or race?

Re: Testing Time [12/06]

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Anyone who probably wasn't Rose or Teddy who had to listen to Chad ramble on about music might be surprised that his answers to his test questions were equally random, the first talking about how there were certain things about the culture that were honestly depicted, but others that did not, and he cited anime as an example a lot, considering his own exposure to it when he lived in Japan. For the second question, he wrote a lot about how, sometimes, yes, they were positive, but that they depended on stereotypes. He didn't fault television programs for this; they kind of had to to appeal to audiences and, well all is said and done, he made the point that TV can only show a little bit of life, and it's better to just go out and live it instead.

Re: Testing Time [12/06]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin's first answer was that Television did infact depict honest, if exaggerated depictions of culture. Often very exaggerated. He cited a few examples of how shows were in his time, and how they were now.

His second answer was that it really depended on the show. For instance, Joss Whedon's shows tended to have very good female role models. But it was really hard to find non-whites or non-humans in most television shows. And those that did feature them, tended either to have a cast made up entirely of that ethnic group.

Re: Testing Time [12/06]

[way-black.livejournal.com]

Blackheart's answer to the first question was that television didn't depict much of anything with a sense of honesty, for two reasons. The first reason being that media sensationalism meant that everything including culture was often horribly exaggerated, because it was simply better for marketing. And the second reason being that, being created by humans and all, television probably wasn't capable of being honest anyhow.

And his second answer was something along the lines of "Hahahah."

Class project

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

'Git your cameras!' Or harass Rose. Either way would do.

Re: Class project

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn was a little confused by the device

Re: Class project

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

It was heavy, but Robin figured he could handle it. And he had an idea for his documentary.

Re: Class project

[way-black.livejournal.com]

Blackheart had no idea what he was going to make a documentary about, but he wasn't concerned really, either. After all, if he was the one making it, it was bound to be good.

Blackheart was not at all hunble.

After the Clas [12/06]

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose and her table. The table and Rose. It's a thing.

OOC

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The Daft Punk are In the House.