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Media Matters
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Different forms of media:
• Television
• Movies
• Music
• Internet
• Video games
• Print media (books, newspapers, magazines)
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Different forms of media:
• Television
• Movies
• Music
• Internet
• Video games
• Print media (books, newspapers, magazines)
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But it’s just a movie…
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But it’s just a movie…
• 1.3 billion movie tickets were sold in America last year
• We don’t even have numbers for movie rentals on online viewing…
• How many movies do you think you have seen in your lifetime?
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STAND UP IF…
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STAND UP IF…
• You have ever been moved to tears by a movie.
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STAND UP IF…
• You have ever been moved to tears by a movie.
• You have ever blown off your family or friends for a movie or something that was on tv.
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STAND UP IF…
• You have ever been moved to tears by a movie.
• You have ever blown off your family or friends for a movie or something that was on tv.
• You have felt angry over the ending of a movie that just didn’t get it right.
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STAND UP IF…
• You have ever been moved to tears by a movie.
• You have ever blown off your family or friends for a movie or something that was on tv.
• You have felt angry over the ending of a movie that just didn’t get it right.
• You have ever repeated quotes from a favorite movie with your friends.
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Power/Influence
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Advertising Dollars
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Advertising Dollars
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1956 study on violent cartoons
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2007 study on fashion magazines
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin and slavery
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“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this
great war.”
-ABE LINCOLN TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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Birth of a Nation and the KKK
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It’s not “JUST a movie.”
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Several Things to Consider:
• You can be aware of a movie’s flaws and still like it.
• You can change your opinion on a movie over time.
• You can probably come up with examples to contradict what you’ll see today.
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What You Don’t See
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Challenge Question:
• Come up with a movie where a woman is the main character and her main problem/issue is not a guy.
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Where are the Women?
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In the top 100 money-making G-rated films from 1990-2004, over 75% of the
4000 characters are male
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Of the top 20 grossing films in 2008, only three had female leads.
The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hancock, WALL-E, Kung Fu
Panda, Twilight, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Quantum of Solace, Horton Hears a Who!, Sex and the City, Gran
Torino, Mamma Mia!, Marley and Me, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Slumdog Millionaire, The
Incredible Hulk, Wanted, Get Smart, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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And that was a good year…
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For 2007, only two had female leads.
Spider Man 3, Shrek the Third, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Harry Potter and the Order
of the Phoenix, I Am Legend, The Bourne Ultimatum, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Alvin and the
Chipmunks, 300, Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie, Wild Hogs, Knocked Up, Juno, Rush Hour 3, Live Free or Die Hard, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, American
Gangster, Enchanted
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And 2009 is more of the same…
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Up, The Hangover, Star Trek, Monsters vs. Aliens, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, X-Men Origins:
Wolverine, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Proposal, Fast and Furious, G.I. Joe: The
Rise of Cobra, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Taken, Angels & Demons, Terminator Salvation, G-Force, Inglourious
Basterds, District 9, Watchmen
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And the movies with women…
• The Proposal
• Twilight
• Sex and the City
• Mamma Mia!
• Juno
• Enchanted
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And the movies with women…
• The Proposal
• Twilight
• Sex and the City
• Mamma Mia!
• Juno
• Enchanted
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And the movies with women…
• The Proposal
• Twilight
• Sex and the City
• Mamma Mia!
• Juno
• Enchanted
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Women and weddings…
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And the movies with women…
• The Proposal
• Twilight
• Sex and the City
• Mamma Mia!
• Juno
• Enchanted
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Women kicking butt?
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Let’s compare salaries for acting:
1. Will Smith, $80 million2. Johnny Depp, $72 million3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million4. Mike Myers, $55 million5. Leonardo DiCaprio, $45
million6. Bruce Willis, $41 million7. Ben Stiller, $40 million8. Nicolas Cage, $31 million9. Will Ferrell, $31 million10. Adam Sandler, $30 million
1. Angelina Jolie, $27 million2. Jennifer Aniston, $25 million3. Meryl Streep, $24 million4. Sarah Jessica Parker, $23
million5. Cameron Diaz, $20 million6. Sandra Bullock, $15 million7. Reese Witherspoon, $15
million8. Nicole Kidman, $12 million9. Drew Barrymore, $12 million10. Renee Zellweger, $10 million
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Did you know?
• That a woman has never won the Academy Award for Best Director?
• Only three have been nominated.
• That’s three out of 398 nominations.
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Hope for 2009?
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Now playing!
• A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation.
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Even worse in England…