Killing Us Softly a film revie
Killing Us Softly a film revieBy: Alexi Agramonte
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One of the films that struck me the most was �Killing Us Softly�, the documentary on how advertising and the whole media in general can basically run this entire world. Sounds a bit drastic, but I really believe that this statement is true because of the many horrible incidents that happen throughout the world today. The documentary effectively demonstrated how easy it is for advertising to send across many different hidden meanings that can cause tremendous effects like bulimia, rapes, murders, disrespect towards women and vise versa, and several other things like making a weak minded person go crazy. For example, if for decades all the media has been showing is women who barely weigh 110 lbs, don�t you think every girl who weighs over 130 lbs is going to try to do the impossible to try to fit into what society thinks is the norm only because the media has planted it into our subconscious minds without us even noticing it. Another example that is extremely disturbing to even hear about is the J B Ramsey case. Obviously the person who committed this crime was a Bergen Pines basket case, but I think that if the media wasn�t so big on showing 6 yr olds as beautiful models dressed up to look provocative, these pedophiles wouldn�t get much of a chance to view such pageants. The more exposure we get of something, the more acceptable it becomes in our society whether it�s wrong or right. Personally I�ve...
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