Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Hello Deborah, Monday, February 19, 2001, 9:36:49 PM, you wrote: S> Yes, I'm worried about most visible part of it When will S> appear movies were will be written that in movie was used soya S> meat? :-) DP> Yah, I think this is a good point. The problem is not that there DP> are tons of meat being eaten in movies, just that movies are a DP> place that role models are show-cased for our society. For DP> example, I saw " The Whole Nine Yards " the other night. The only DP> people who smoked in the film, were the " bad " characters. It was DP> a very clear association of smoking with deficient personality. DP> I'm not meaning to critisize any smokers on this list. All I am DP> saying is that as a non-smoker (and grateful to be one!), I felt DP> glad to see this, because I think it creates a useful image for DP> our society that is increasingly supporting non-smoking. I think DP> this is the idea Sergio is getting at, and I agree. I have DP> noticed more than once in recent years, that the " smart " DP> characters in some movies, and sometimes even the hero or DP> heroine, have been vegetarian. Not often yet, but I think it is DP> likely to increase. I think such images DO impact on us in DP> subtle yet powerful ways. It is just what I wished to say (English is not my native language, so I have difficulties to write much ;-) DP> Just by looking at how smoking behavior has changed in movies DP> shows how movies at least reflect images in our society, even if DP> they don't set them. Twenty or more years ago, the hero/heroine DP> smoked because it was still thought to look cool. Now, the image DP> is the opposite. So, I think we are learning! :-) And with that, DP> I think vegetarian hero/heroines are in the process of becoming DP> more common. It will be very good, already in " Star Track " they say that they are not using animals to eat. -- Best regards, Sergio vegan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2001 Report Share Posted February 20, 2001 Sergio wrote: It is just what I wished to say (English is not my native language, so I have difficulties to write much ;-) Thanks! I thought you made your point just fine... all I did was expand on it! :-) Anyway, you obviously speak english way better than I speak... is is Italian? It will be very good, already in " Star Track " they say that they are not using animals to eat. Exactly! :-) And that is a VERY popular show! I was noticing yesterday another example. I was watching a sitcom I enjoy, " Ellen " , about a young female entrepreneur in the States, and her friends. It is a fairly silly show, but most of the people are funny and nice to each other, and when they aren't, they usually work it out, so I enjoy it. Ellen is vegetarian in real life, and so is her character. Yesterday, she was playing billiards with a co-worder in his home. He was a hunter, and had animals heads on the wall. She was taking " pot shots " , saying funny little joking insults at these, things meant to make us question the sanity of hanging corpses on the wall as decoration... she said stuff like, gently sarcastically, " Yup... nothing says home like a bunch of dead mammals on the wall. " :-) It's the kind of subtle message that can gently get through to people, especially when it is added up with all the other messages they are getting from other sources, many of which are more serious. Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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