Will nobody admit to actally enjoying watching the
violence in films/cartoons? After all why are violent
films so popular and why is it such a popular subject
of intellectual discussion?
Melina
> One of the problems with talking about violence is
> that it carries alot of
> baggage and 'reveals' something about who you are,
> in other words your
> particulur position on violence is read by others
> and is understood to be
> more than just an opinion: it is a statement about
> who we think we are - it
> is a bit like pop music in this regard and means
> that talking about it is
> not the simple transparent process that we might
> hope for and that to
> criticise violence on moral grounds can miss other
> points. When talking to
> young people about the violence in Tarrantino's
> films I often get the
> impression that they are pleased that I, an older,
> stuffy academic type,
> find the violence offensive and shocking because it
> marks me as unstylish
> and uncool and therefore underscores their
> 'difference'.
>
> Peter
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