SOCA01H3 Chapter : Week 8 - SOC.docx
Document Summary
21st century consisted of movies about the blurred line separating reality from fantasy. The truman show jim carrey discovers everyone in his life is an actor: the matrix neo finds that his identity and his life are illusions, american psycho most disturbing movie. Based on a novel that was banned in some parts of n. america. Patrick bateman = yuppie by day, serial killer by night. Sociological point of this movie: people become victims of the mass media and consumerism. In bateman"s mind, his 14 murder victims = props in a movie. No feelings of empathy to stage objects. Mass media has completely emptied him of emotion he has trouble remembering the names of his victims. At the same time, mass media infused him with consumer values (cid:0) he can describe his victim by the brands, stores they shop at, styles, prices. Killer and killed are both victims of consumerism and the mass media.
