Popular+Culture+in+the+Aftermath

=Teresa Wiltz, “Popular Culture in the Aftermath of September 11 th = = = =" One impulse has definitely been at work since Sept. 11: The urge to compare this war to previous ones, to put things into some sort of context by claiming, for example, that the attacks were this generation's Pearl Harbor. = =Comparisons were at once instructive and useless. There is an ocean of difference between where we were then and where we are now. In World War II, the enemy was clearly defined, not some amorhous concept." (Page 756, Pagragraphs 50-51) = = = =This is an interesting passage because it allows readers to notice how the American People were feeling during this period. Making comparisons to the attack of Pearl Harbor gives readers a defined image of how that day was, and what it meant to the people. Another smart technique Wiltz used was describing the enemy as an "amorphous concept", since they had no idea what they were going up against. = =( Bobby, Ariel, Kylie) = = = = = = = = = = = = "Comedy would be careful. ...Popular culture, that which shapes how we see ourselves and how others see us, is in a state of flux. A change is gonna come. Or will it? "= What Wiltz is discussing is how 9/11 has affected or effected the way that we make and distribute entertainment. Many a film have had to pull back the reigns on things that might be associated with 9/11 and the turmoil that all - even those suffering no losses except in spirit - have gone through. The production of the movie //Ocean's Eleven// experienced this sort of limbo in the scene of a hotel & casino demolition. They had to edit their scene because the casino they were destroying was //New York, New York//. The media has become much more sensitive to the event, and has second-guessed action movies, and done away with a lot of themes involving demolition of buildings or anything that remind them of 9/11. It's a way of protecting society. (Ariel, Kylie, Nick L., Brandon, Cam)