WEEK 10 The Influence of American Movies
SLIDE 2 International student’s views:
SLIDE 3 Inna Ignatovich from Russia, Vanessa Rosenfeld from Germany, Jung Ping Lin from
Taiwan
SLIDE 4 Hollywood’s views of other cultures (video: What old movies mean)
SLIDE 5 Racism and Immigrants (video: German/Crocodile Dundee)
SLIDE 6 Sexual stereotypes (video: Superman and the Bride)
SLIDE 7 US TV shows in England
SLIDE 8 US culture’s world influence what American’s think
SLIDE 9 Movies as protest VIDEO CLIP FROM GLOBAL INSIGHTS 4 (video: Insights 4)
SLIDE 10 Economics of globalisation and movies (video: MTV)
SLIDE 11 From films to computer games
SLIDE 12 Video games and globalisation: Global Arcade
SLIDE 13 Computer games and racism
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A glance at movie billboards worldwide shows how popular American movies are today in many
countries.
International students share their views on the impact of this phenomenon
in their countries.
From last week: (English is native to only seven countries) and widely spoken in the Benelux
countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg), Scandinavia and India
English to Japanese to English - AltaVista Babel Fish Translation, In English:
‘I am trying to learn more about globalization and whether it really is a doctrine of imperialistic control
or a helpful format to bring the world together.’ English to Japanese to English
It is principle of the useful format where that really brings imperialistic control or the world together,
how as for me, concerning the globalization trying the fact that it learns many.
Inna Ignatovich from Russia
In my opinion, one of the most serious influences of American culture on my country is created by Hollywood
movies. Because of the economic domination of the U.S.A. in the world and serious political and economical
problems in my country, the movie theaters in our cities are filled with Hollywood action movies.
The low financing available to our movie directors doesn't give them the possibility of creating high quality art, so
the movie theaters are swamped with low cost American films--violent action films. This type of dominance
creates a negative effect on the young generation and can increase crime. In this situation, we see not just the
spread of culture to another country, but also the spread of the problems of that culture.
read more: http://staff.uscolo.edu/peterssl/topics/globalization/movies-russia.htm
Vanessa Rosenfeld from Germany
The cinemas would be empty without Hollywood. The American movie industry has been popular in Germany
since the 1920s. In contrast, the German film industry wasn't and still isn't very big although the production of TV
programs such as series, operas, game shows and live shows is very high.
The odd thing about movies imported from the states and about the German mentality is that Germans like to
watch these movies in the German language. Therefore, all of them get dubbed. As a result, they seem not to be
very different. For this reason, people don't think that Germany is losing its cultural identity watching exported
movies from the U.S.
read more: http://staff.uscolo.edu/peterssl/topics/globalization/movies-germany.htm
Jung Ping Lin from Taiwan
Whenever I see a good American movie, I am always touched, but inside my feelings are different. Because these
are movies for Americans, they cannot move me the same way. That's why I wish we could have our own movies.
read more: http://staff.uscolo.edu/peterssl/topics/globalization/movies-taiwan.htm
SHOWING FOUR-MINUTE CLIP FROM Lawrence of Arabia
Hollywood’s views of other cultures
Arabs
Viewers see American adolescents, intelligence
agents, military personnel, even Inspector
Clouseau's son, massacring obnoxious Arab
Muslims in numerous films such as Navy
SEALs (1990), Killing Streets (1991), The
Human Shield (1992), The Son of the Pink
Panther (1993), Bloodfist V: Human
Target (1994) and True Lies (1994).
Hollywood's studios needlessly maligned Arabs
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The Rage of Paris (1921),
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Point of No Return (1993),
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990),
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Back to the Future (1985),
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The American President (1995),
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Disney -Aladdin (1992),
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James Bond movie series…….
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MORE –
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Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American
Popular Culture - Jack Shaheen
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Deconstructing Hollywood: Negative Stereotyping in
Film
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Stereotyping and double standards in ‘Hollywood
Islam’
Many links on Race & Ethnicity
Stereotype of the Month Contest
American Indians
Romantic – female
painting by Thomas Cole -
Used as Sport image see Native Americans should NOT be
used as mascots
Washington Redsk*ns Kansas City Chiefs Atlanta Braves
Chicago Blackhawks
New
York
Brav
es
Chief
s
India
ns
Reds
kins
Warri
ors
other
275
137
1575
93
717
59
6
8
105
3
32
6
'Other' includes mascots such as: Hatchets, Chieftains, Red
Raiders, Flying Arrows, REDMEN!, Senecas, Choctaw,
Apaches, Warhawks, Moundbuilders, Runnin' Utes,
Savages, Sachem, Cherokee
"We simply chose an Indian as the emblem. We could have just
as easily chosen any uncivilized animal." Eighth Grade
student writing about his school's mascot, 1997
total
160
Racism and Immigrants ~
VIDEO – 3-MINUTES: What Do Those old Films Mean?
minority images in American films during 1920s-1960s. From Racism on the Silver
Screen (ROLL OVER URL TO VIEW CLIPS)
For more on Stereotypes visit Trinity College’s site on stereotyping.
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/issues/stereo.htm
Test for hidden bias http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/02.html
You need to do these tests for next week’s journal – there are eleven short self-tests
–I do not want your answers but a couple of sentences of what you discovered
from each test.
VIDEO – 3-MINUTES: CROCODILE DUNDEE
Sexual stereotypes
Video clip on superman and the bride
US TV shows in England
BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV-3
Ch.4
Ch.5
•The Real
Adventures of
Johnny Quest
•The New
Adventures of
Superman
•The Flintstones
•Harry and The
Henderson
•Woody Wood
Pecker
•Star Treck:Deep
space 9
•The Simpsons
•Buffy The
Vampire Slayer
•Taz-Mania
•Jungle Fever
•The Jerry
Springer Show
•Sabrina, The
Teenaged Witch
•Buffy The
Vampire Slayer
•Star Treck: The
Next Generation
•Scooby and
Scrappy Doo
•Pokemon
•*Batman
•Sesame Street
•The Cosby
Show
•I Dream of
Jennie
•Ricki Lake
•Ally McBeal
•South Park
•The Pink
Panther Show
•Home
Improvement
•*Hell Raiser 3:
Hell On Earth
•The Roseanne
Show
•Sunset Beach
•The Oprah
Winfrey Show
•Dallas: JR
Returns
•Leeza
•WCW
Worldwide
•Melrose Place
•Xena
•Hercules: The
Legendary
•Journeys
•The Real LAPD
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US culture’s world influence what American’s think
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Movies as protest
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''Life and Debt,'' a documentary by
Stephanie Black, with a commentary
written by Jamaica Kincaid, looks at the
effect of the International Monetary Fund
on the economy of Jamaica.
The IMF ideally lends money - An IMF-backed
small business loan in Jamaica might
carry 25 percent interest.
VIDEO CLIP FROM GLOBAL INSIGHTS 4
LIFE AND DEBT
Economics of globalisation and movie making
The Globalization of Hollywood results in the following:
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decrease in job security for American film workers
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widening of the wealth gap globally
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and merge of cross-culture values and themes in film content.
The standard of living in America, was superior to that in Mexico at a ratio of 3 to 1 in 1950,
compared to 16 to 1 in the year 2000
BACON, David. "Can Workers Beat Globalization?" in New California Media Online, February 18, 2000. Available online at:
<http://www.ncmonline.com/in-depth/2000-02-18/can.html,> consulted on Tuesday, October 20, 2002.
Video on how MTV programs local content
From films to computer games
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
released in American cinemas on July 11, 2001
Japanese company Sony owns Columbia Pictures, the movie's official distributor; in addition, it was the
developer of the Playstation, the console platform of the video games that inspired this motion
picture
Video games and globalisation
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Positive – such as - Global Arcade is a site to play arcade games and learn about
globalization and what is happening to people around the world.
Some of the games to play: World Trade Organization - Globalization and Silicon ValleyWas Your Dinner Genetically Engineered?
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Negative - Study: Video games contain "unhealthy" messages for girls
Slightly over half (54 per cent) of games surveyed containd female lead characters while 92
per cent had male lead characters.
 Of games featuring female characters, 38 per cent displayed
significant body exposure.
 More than half (54 per cent) of female characters were depicted as
fighting or being violent.
 Fifty-four percent of the games surveyed contained female lead
characters while 92 percent had male lead characters.
 Characters in Games for Young Children Exclusively White; Nearly All
Heroes White; Few Female Characters
Computer games and racism
Ethnic Cleansing," a computer game
Racism and computer games:
Resistance Records