Mad Max Censorship

Max and Liesel are very similar. They both are homeless, and have lost important people in their lives. While Max and Liesel are different to the outside eye they have similar personalities and interests. They both suffer from nightmares, but are quite fond of books, and are brought into the Huberman’s household.

In the movie, A Civil Action the plaintiff Jan Schlichtmann starts a case against the Riley Tannery to help justify health problems experienced by a number of families in Woburn, MA. The Riley Tannery was accused of dumping waste in the woods including the chemical trichloroethylene(TCE). The TCE contaminated the water supply which led to more than a dozen cases of Leukemia. Schlichtmann digs himself and his team into loads of debt by spending money on the case. The firm hires a geological team who digs a series of wells to test the water supply in the area. The team eventually gathers the evidence after long, harsh hours and agrees to a large settlement.

I watched Sound and Fury, a documentary that came out in 2000, centered on the complications of getting the Cochlear Implant, and how Deaf and hearing communities can differ upon the topic. Particularly within one family, brothers along with their wives and parents have a tough time deciding if their Deaf children should undergo such a procedure. They all travel to visit families that are hearing with children who aren’t learning ASL because they have the implant. They visit a Deaf family whose 10-year daughter is the only person in the family to get the implant. They also visit schools focusing on speech to help Deaf children who wear hearing aids and/or got the Cochlear Implant, and visit a Deaf community with a school focused on ASL. Each

‘A Time to Kill’ is a movie that depicts the racial tensions between the white and black Americans in the past. The movie revolves around the life of Jake Brigance, a lawyer, and Carl Lee Hailey, as he struggles with the law and racism after seeking justice for his raped 10-year old daughter. As Carl Lee approaches Brigance for help with his case, they both face the challenge of blurring the lines between the white and black Americans and helping Carl Lee escape the long arms of the law.

This dark version of the many original Cinderella stories is by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, better known as the Grimm brothers. Cinderella is about a young girl who sadly loses her mother due to some kind of sickness, her father marries a woman who has two daughters, shortly after her mother’s death. The daughters are referred to as Cinderella’s “false sisters” due to their evil and wicked tactics during the story and also because they are not related to her by blood. Her father gets completely brainwashed by the stepmother and begins to treat his own daughter the same way they do, like a pest. The stepmother and her daughters use Cinderella’s father for his riches and make her

I was a child once and I probably still am considered one, but I have emerged out of the innocent stage of childhood, a period so dear to my heart. I believe that everything we are, everything will ever be is ingrained into this phase of our lives, which inevitably will mark us forever. Throughout the book Bad News Bears in Breaking Training wrote by Josh Wilker the reader gets an insight to the author’s childhood and the way he links it to the movie The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training produced by Leonard Goldberg. The movie focuses on a group of boys playing baseball in the Little League and their journey to Huston where they will be confronting with the Toros (another Little League team), their game being sponsored by a Budweiser promotion.

When examining mass media liberal bias it is important to examine an event where the liberal/conservative dichotomy is on full display. The televised Presidential debates are a perfect example of an event where the media directly interacts with a specific side of the American political spectrum. By analyzing the difference in tone between the Republican primary election debates and the Democratic primary debates, we may determine the existence of a bias and whether or not that bias would have a significant impact on public opinion.

Case Question 1: Most aspects of foreign culture, like languages, religion, gender roles, and problem solving strategies, are hard for a casual observer to understand. In what ways do do Hollywood movies affect national culture outside the United States? What aspect of U.S culture do Hollywood films promote around the world ? Can you observe any positive effects of Hollywood movies on world culture?

Movies and television in XXI century became one of main way to inform, present people important aspects of humans’ life. In 2015 more than 1,50 billon of people worldwide had access to television, which means this is one of the greatest tool to influence people’s life. The television as well as movies have a enormous power, which can be good, but sometimes dangerous. This kind of media has an amazing and quite short history, but already have a large impact in life of people. Television and cinema are now a normal expect of millions of people around the globe. Fortunately or unfortunately still millions of do not have any contact with cinematography and television. Because television has good and bad sides, which people should remember about.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, known to American audiences as The Road Warrior, and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, named at the time of its release as simply Star Wars, are two very different pieces of film belonging to the genre of science fiction. The first tells the story of a man in a dystopian Australian wasteland being enlisted by a group of helpless survivors to fight against pillaging raiders; the latter tells the story of intergalactic warriors embarking on a mission to overthrow a genocidal emperor. Although both of these movies have very different themes and plot elements, they do share one characteristic commonly found in the realm of science fiction films: the influence of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

Media plays a crucial role in shaping a healthy democracy. It is the backbone of a democracy; it makes us vigilant of numerous social, political and economic activities happening around the world. Media has very important roles to play in democracy such as; projecting the problems of the people to the public, and protecting the fundamental rights given in a Constitution. Philip C. Galanis states in his essay The Fourth Estate of The Bahamas “For many decades, there has been historically a tug-o-war between the media and politicians in the Bahamas”. In his essay he explains the importance of the media and its effect on the general public. The media is supposed to be just like a warrior fighting with a pen or like a mirror which shows us or strives to show us the bare truth and astringent realities of life. However, in recent years the media has, like other agencies, come under the influence of politicians. Therefore, the media no more writes about the people’s grievance but in support of the ruling government party. It has been contaminated by political influences. Today, the media has many vital roles in a modern democracy such as; political lies, reviling the truth to the public as well as helping to aid with the hypocrisy of the nation.

After almost 30 years of the previous blockbuster of Mad Max series, George Miller comes back with his paramount ideas in his proficient mind, consequently elevating the standards in all aspects for the genre - reasonable plot, colorful characters, mysterious character, delightful situation, and story backgrounds, numerous references to previous movies of the series, and full of personal and complete human drama.

Media violence is a hugely debated topic. Media violence is a very widespread issue and there are many different forms it can take, it has many varying effects on the minds of children, teens, and

As television watching increased severely over the past half-century, it also became more violent. In 1969 the National Commission on the causes and prevention of violence indicated that ‘The preponderance of the available research evidence strongly suggests…that violence in television programs can and does have adverse effects upon audiences’ (cited in Berkowitz, 1993, p.199.) Since that time, television violence has increased largely. Research reports in 1970, published that children has seen over 11,000 murders on television by the age of 14. More recent researches and reports have demonstrated that now, the average child sees more than 100,000 violent crimes on television every year and about 200,000 crimes when they reach their teens.

Malaysian has the right to freedom of speech which is guaranteed by Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Article 10 allows all citizens the absolute freedom as not restricted by the government. In Malaysia, Law such as Publications act and printing presses give the Malaysian authorities the control over all the media. Any act that against this law may lead to fines or in much extreme cases, prison sentence. Although Malaysia has the right to freedom of speech, the media are still being controlled by the government which restrict them to publish anything against the government.