Media, Information and Technoculture 3223F/G Study Guide - Quiz Guide: The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Chris Kyle, The Hurt Locker
2 Dec 2017
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Week 9 war, washington and holly(cid:449)ood: le(cid:448)inson"s wag the dog. Ww2: america was an isolationist nation, passively supporting british allies, said they would let the europeans sort it out on their own, the(cid:455) the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to fight. Hollywood and the war effort: unsurprisingly, hw became part of the war effort, many of these films played on the front were musicals. Impressed upon moguls that it was their patriotic duty to create pro-war films. Yankee doodle dandy (1942: prototypical of pro-war patriotic musicals at the time, named after the title song of the musical. Alliance between hollywood and washington: for all of these messages of equal opportunity, film does not reflect society, cultural politics of film industry. Justifies the money funneled into the military: cameo of navy secretary, direct influence of the military, trailer is all about american power, power of the military. In terms of cooperation, it is all or nothing.
