Weekly written analysis 3, assignment 5-1

Paranormal Craziness; America Loves to Be Scared
For my weekly written analysis, I have chosen to tell you all about a movie. The movie is, Paranormal Activity. This movie by Oren Peli is about a young couple that is being haunted by a demon. It has gotten great reviews and everyone in America is demanding it to be show in their city’s or towns. Why is this happen? Is it that Americans love to be scared? Or is there a belief in something that one can not see? I believe this represents popular culture. People like being scared and this low budget movie is an icon in its own right. It has grossed way over a million dollars in a short time. Robert Ebert as cited in Paramount (2009) called it a “an ingenious horror film. It’s so well made it’s truly scary.” This is why it is so popular to the public.
I have chosen this because I wanted to show how Paranormal Actively. It is a truly popular culture and this shows why America or anyone in general can want to see this low budget movie. They are willing to for over the $10.00 dollars to see it. I will be seeing it soon and I believe in Paranormal Activity will be put up there with other hot scary Halloween movies. Generations of people, will be enjoying this for a long, long time to come.

References
Retrieved October 31, 2009 from, http://www.paranormalactivity-movie.com/press.html

barth,monica,popular culture,assignment 3-1

Weekly Written Analysis 2
For my written weekly analysis, I have chosen the reality TV star, Jon Gosselin. Jon is a popular culture icon at the moment. It is more like the most unpopular TV dad. The Gosselins have a Reality TV show, Called Jon and Kate Plus eight from TLC. It is a reality TV show based on their family. Jon and his wife Kate, Have eight children together. They have sextuplets that are 5 and a set of twins that are 9. The couple is in the middle of a divorce and TLC is shooting during all the turmoil. I for the life of me can not understand why Jon Gosselin is so popular. Is that the public that views this show finds them so fascinating? Reality TV started a few years back and it has become a staple for the viewing public. You can watch people fight and bicker on TV and just stay glued to it. I admit, I love to watch Jon and Kate plus Eight too. I think, that they are popular is because people love to watch real drama. It makes people forget their own problems and it is a form of escape of everyday life’s drama. I choose this because, I find that it is a fascinating subject and with millions of viewing public. It makes for fascinating TV.

References:

Everett,C (2009).

Retrieved,October,18,2009fromhttp://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/07/12/2009-07-12_jon_gosselin_shows_off_new_girlfriend_hailey_glassman_while_in_st_tropez.html

barth,Monica,Popular culture,assignment 3-2 Icon Analysis

Icon analysis 3-2. The Three Mary’s an Icon Painter
For my icon analysis, I have Chosen Impressionist artist Mary Cassatt. The three icon pictures I have chosen are Breakfast in Bed one of the main reasons I choose this painting is because I love how it shows a woman and child in bed. Mary Cassatt loved her family and most of her paintings are of women and children. Mary Cassatt did not any children of her own and was never married.
The second icon picture I chose was, Motherhood II again, Mary Cassatt interpretation of the love between mother and child was clearly showned. You when you look upon the painting. It shows a loving embrace of motherhood. Mary Cassatt was a bit of a rebel. She was the only woman painter among a bunch of rebel men painters. Mary Cassatt was a close friend of Degas and painted with him in France.
The third icon I have chosen is Mother And Child AKA The Oval Mirro Mary again shows a mirror image of a mother’s loving embrace. This icon and the others show a love for the relationship between mother and child’s. Ms. Cassatt painted the most intimated mother and child paintings. She was known for them and was very popular in the early 18th century.
The icons that I have chosen mean to me a sense of a mothers embrace of her children. Nothing is more beautiful and more loving than that. I think, that in today’s society most of the people have lost that. You hear more and more of family’s torn down than being lifted up. I think that Mary Cassatt had a sense of family and how the demographics of an 18th century life were a lot less trouble than that of family’s today.
References:
Retrieved October,18,2009 from www.marycassatt.org

Journal Article Analysis Assignment 1-3, Seers,Wtches, and Psychics on Screen: An Analysis of Women Visionary Characters in Recent Television & Film

Journal Article Analysis
Barth, Monica Humn341
Professor SchottenstienOctober 4, 2009

Journal Article Analysis

My journal article analysis for the article I have chosen. The intended audience that it targets is women with special powers. The review by Jefferson (2009) has a tone of feminist to it. The review talks of characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and compares them to other shows that have the same content to it. In the article, the author says,” The contemporary seers differ from Cassandra in that they are multivalent characters, not satisfied with passivity of seeing but active due to their visions (Jefferson, 2008, para.2) this is how the author is comparing the characters too each other.
The third-wave feminism theory in the article. It is compared in the characters to each other. It gives an idea on how the author is thinking. It is can be used to everyday lifestyle, but Beelers application of it was found to be problematic in certain areas of the article. In the article Jefferson writes,” This application works well when Beeler shows that the lifestyle was a conscious choice, such as Cordelia’s choice to continue her visions despite becoming a demon.”(Jefferson, 2008 para. 6) this shows how the theory can be a problem.
I would summarize this analysis of the article. As a review to characters that have special powers in film or TV. The author’s use of his/her feminist view to characterize the article is apparent through out the article.
The style of the article is choppy. It is not neat and organized. It is all over the place. In the ideas that the author used is right on the money. Who would not want to read it? Women with special powers and can use them is kind of cool to watch and read about. The author’s ideas of how to compare the characters was really interesting to read.

I took away the key idea that has a very true feminist view to it. A character with special powers with a feminist theory is very interesting to learn about. The article title caught my eye. I believe in seers, witches, and special powers. Don’t you?

References
Seers, Witches, and Psychics on Screen: An Analysis of Women Visionary Characters in Recent Television and Film. (2009). Journal of Popular Culture, Retrieved Thursday, October 01, 2009 from OhioLink.

Popular culture artifact,assignment1-2

Popular Culture and Sicko
Barth, Monica, Humn 341, Q1WW
Professor Schottenstien
October 7, 2009

Popular culture is an object, place, music, and films that are obtainable. In our own culture, our lives’ are something everyone wants. Popular culture means, I can follow a certain religion if I so choose. It also, means I can want something someone else has or does. It’s a song that I listen to. It’s a very popular film, like vampire movies or TV shows. Such as, True Blood on HBO and the Twilight saga movies. It’s the documentary films such as Sicko, Katrina, Greensburg Kansas, and Fast Food Nation. Popular culture is everywhere and its here to stay.

The understanding of popular culture is very important in the business world. In marketing, you need to know the next big thing that is marketable to a certain age group. It’s important to sales, because without sales. You can not sell your product without getting the word out. What are hot right now are the Vampire movies, shows, and products. To an average teenager that is gold. There are books on vampires, movies, and ect. I myself have read the Twilight Saga books. They are very popular with the younger set crowd. Reality TV is so popular right now. That is all that is on TV anymore. So, it is very relevant to my present and future career. It’s important that I get it right and know what popular culture is.

The artifact that I have chosen that is an example of popular culture is Michael Moore’s film Sicko. It represents popular culture in a way. Health care reform has taken center stage. There have been sometimes violent town hall meetings. There are the Tea Parties and demonstrations that people have joined. People are very scared and need heard. They need a voice in the health care reform process. It’s that the patriot way! Americans for hundred of years have demonstrated a need to be heard. I choose this for my popular culture artifact because. I feel it represents a present culture that has played out and everyone needs the right facts. I feel Michaels Moore’s vision or take on it. The film has important facts on the universal health care in other countries. It shows how in France, you can have a doctor come a make a house call in the middle of the night. In Cuba, where three 9/11 rescue workers got the care they needed. How an American woman went across the border into Canada and got the care she needed. How in England, ever prescriptions is only $10.00 and the only thing in an England hospital that the cashiers only function is to give people money if they need reimbursement for their transportation.
http://monicaspopularculture.blogspot.com/2009/10/popular-culture-artifact.html

References
Time Warner Company. (Producer). (2007). Sicko [Motion Picture]
Untied States: Weinstein Company
Michael Moore (November 6, 2007) Sicko. Retrieved from http://michaelmoore.com

Weekly Written Analysis 1

For my weekly written analysis, I have chosen Michael Moore as a popular culture figure. Mr. Moore is a documentary film maker.I have seen his film, Sicko. I was astonished in how much abuse was going on in the health care in America. Mr. Moore did a documentary on how health care is free in Canada,France,England, and even Cuba. In his film, he uses real American's effected by the lack of quality health care. I choose this because, it is has been a real debate with all the town hall meetings and debates on capital hill. In my opinion, I feel that this a real problem in America. To everyday Americans and on capital hill, they are all wondering in how is this going to get payed for. There are apparently 45 million people without quality health care. That is a lot of people that could benefit from this. In the Film Sicko, Mr. Moore shows a women that has Kaiser HMO and he explains how Kaiser denied her daughter treatment because it was not in one of thier own hospitals. Mr. Moore shows three 9/11 first responders that are denied proper care because they do not fall under certain rules. In my analysis of this film, health care is a growing problem and it will continue to grow until someone does something about it.