Allan Murphy's avatar

Allan Murphy

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I notice more and more situations where people seem unable to discern the difference between 'media portraying a character' and 'authors and participants have same views and beliefs as character'. Insane. And results in stuff like this:

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hey im josh's avatar hey im josh @kingadahipsters.bsky.social
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for real. media literacy is 📉📉📉 and folks dont understand the difference between describing behavior vs prescribing it

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Blues Traveler #1 Fan's avatar Blues Traveler #1 Fan @green-gjeans.bsky.social
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That scene wasn't actually in the script. Nathan jones was just being a creep and they started filming. Frightening!

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Ian Boudreau's avatar Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
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Yeah, this seems really bad to me too. A character having a particular flaw or predilection for violence means the book or film must be condoning that behavior. Seems to me to be what you get when the primary forms of mass communication are advertising and propaganda.

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VenomousGoatTV's avatar VenomousGoatTV @venomousgoat.bsky.social
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Who could forget that towering fictional hero: Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs

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