Comments on: Mixed Messages? http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/mixed-messages/ The well-intentioned ramblings of Blair Mitchelmore Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: blair http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/mixed-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-312 blair Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:11:44 +0000 http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/?p=1354#comment-312 First of all, I feel the same way. I wasn't equating violence in film and television with deaths in the gladiatorial ring. I was simply discussing the idea that the show was using glamorized violence to comment on our society's love of glamorized violence. That said, I don't think that it's out of line to claim that certain TV shows and movies debase women due to their oversexualized female characters. It's not real of course, but the debasement is. The same can be said of the violence in television and film. First of all, I feel the same way. I wasn’t equating violence in film and television with deaths in the gladiatorial ring. I was simply discussing the idea that the show was using glamorized violence to comment on our society’s love of glamorized violence.

That said, I don’t think that it’s out of line to claim that certain TV shows and movies debase women due to their oversexualized female characters. It’s not real of course, but the debasement is. The same can be said of the violence in television and film.

]]> By: Sam http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/mixed-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Sam Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:14 +0000 http://blair.mitchelmore.ca/?p=1354#comment-311 The difference being that in a tv show, nobody actually gets hurt, and we all know it. Watching a show that involves violence is something that I would find entertaining, as long as the show is good. But if such an events were to actually occur, I would be first in line to oppose them. The difference being that in a tv show, nobody actually gets hurt, and we all know it. Watching a show that involves violence is something that I would find entertaining, as long as the show is good. But if such an events were to actually occur, I would be first in line to oppose them.

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