Monday, May 5, 2008
Zoolander, Baby!
One thing I want to say about Zoolander is that it seems like a ridiculous movie, and it is a ridiculous movie, but it is also a very smart satire about the American Entertainment Industry. For example, the camera shots are all "MTV" shots, or rip-offs on fashion photography; the political protesters are poking fun at stars such as Angelina Jolie, etc. who fight for rights around the world. There is so much product placement (in the gas fight scene alone)- of course, most movies have that, but it is the tongue and cheek treatment of all of these things that I find so funny and pointed. I think the makers of the film (and probably led by Ben Stiller) are trying to point out that entertainment is entertainment and everything else - economics, politics, education - should probably stay in their own arenas. So I ask you - do you agree or disagree with this - the idea that American Entertainment is so all-encompassing that everything else (economy, politics, world affairs, education) is somehow tied to it. Or should entertainment just stand on its own, as entertainment? (Matty B. was also great in the film - Hansel is my favorite character by far.)
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ok, this is creepy, i know im not in the film class, but i logged on cause i never read all the comments about the spring play and im really trying to avoid doing work, so anything will do. anyway, i saw the thing about hansel being matty b and peed my pants.
thats all.
I think that entertainment is always going to be associated with politics and other things just because of the nature of it. Even a show like South Park shapes young peoples opinions of the world at large, and people who express their opinions through the writing and directing of such productions are always going to be heavily involved in world politics. People worship celebrities. Those who are in the lens tell the stories so to speak. And yes matty b is great, but mugatu is by far and away the greatest character of all time.
wow........
well, I think that all of our culture is tied into entertainment. Entertainment depends on what's going on and allusion for people to actually be entertained, or at the very least, the fact that entertainment can thrive on those things means that it always will.
P.S. Yes, matty b. is Hansel, and marly, I hope you changed after :-P
-Ian
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