Presenter
:
Ryan Wilmoth
Presenter Status
:
Undergraduate student
Academic Year
:
20-21
Semester
:
Spring
Faculty Mentor
:
Anne-Louise Dierkes
Department
:
Art
Funding Source/Program
:
SYRCE Symposium
Presentation Link
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Abstract
:
In this presentation I attempted to show how movie writers in the 80s gave us images to show their discontent with the government. I used the movie Trading Places, As well as the movie Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. I used some examples from the films, as well as use newspaper movie reviews in order to convey my ideas. I gave my best attempt at showing my audience that people in the 80s were fed up with the government, and I used examples that appeared on the big screen at the time. I used movies that did not immediately jump out at me as politically charged. I wanted to show that these messages were hidden in people's everyday lives and we might have never noticed it.