The Violence Addiction in Today's Society
While going through the readings for this week, I have come to the conclusion that we have way too much violence in what we Americans consider "entertainment". Movies like Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers are perfect examples of this. These movies feature situations which some could portray as realistic, while if you take movies like Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street they are obviously just fantasy. I agree with Parisian columnist Amy Spindler that movies such as these are both new reality and fashionable attitude. Because of films such as these and others, clothing designers began to propose lines of clothing that are sometimes indistinguishable from men's, and which are tough, masculine, and dangerous looking (Whitaker, 2000, pg. 49).
I also agree with the statement that these types of apparel have become so common in the marketplace today that they don't even cause shock upon seeing them anymore. I find that disturbing,......
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