ACMA01H3 Study Guide - Supermodel, Axe (Brand)

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Real bad arabs: how hollywood vilifies a people (50 minutes) America inherited its image of arabs from the europeans. Setting: desert is always visible, palm trees, with a castle that has a dungeon. Aladdin"s opening song is: they cut off your ear if they don"t like your face. Arabs are portrayed as barbaric, violent, womanizers, etc. Many movies make a joke out of them. Arab women are portrayed as belly-dancers, terrorists, bundles in black who are in the shadows. The arab image began to change after ww1 due to the arab oil which rised and the iranian. Revolution where iranian protester took american hostages, etc. Network (1976) has the most racist view of arabs, where a show host rants about arabs and demands his viewers to seek change. Palestinians are seen as violent in many movies, especially towards israelis. Movies never show the innocent palestinians who are victimized.

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