Tradeoffs Of Capitalism
3 DIFFERENT VIDEOS Saturday Night Neoliberalism Please watch the video below regarding 21st Century Neoliberalism and a critique of current modern society/media through the lens of Saturday Night Live. Do you think that the tradeoffs of capitalism visa via human technology/progress are worth the costs of current economic and environmental problems plaguing society? Post your reaction to the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gQFvf19Jec&t=317s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Social Contract Theory Larry David’s iconic show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, manages to escalate the most mundane everyday situations into a nails-on-a-chalkboard level of discomfort. Whether it is double-dipping a crisp chip at a dinner-party or eating your dinner plate before your guest’s meal arrives, there are certain unwritten social “rules” or morals that many of us abide by (knowingly or not). Post your reaction to the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wodL64e2M&list=PLi7yrmEZ5_yPjUOf7F4mopb815fTuyaRi&index=24&t=0s Joker and Morality in Storytelling We spoke a lot tonight about ethical storytelling and the responsibility storytellers have to not only entertain their audiences but to also convey information and pass along something true about the human experience. Does this responsibility also expand to filmmakers? What responsibility do filmmakers have, especially when depicting comic book characters, to do so in an ethic and moral way? Please post your response below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MByrZYIxF4A&t=1s