Hollywood's Relationship to the NRA

Hollywood and NRA

The NRA is proud of its "Hollywood Guns" exhibit. It's the most popular of more than a dozen rooms and multiple showcases. Such Exhibit highlights the fruitful partnership between the gun industry and Hollywood, in which firearms are an integral part of life and storytelling. Some manufacturers express their success with free product placement of weapons and the effect it has on the increase of sells from weapons placed in big productions. Since 9/11, America's obsession with anything related to spies, terrorism, and war has increased. A 2015 report from The Economist concluded that "gun violence in PG-13 movies had tripled since 1985." Suggesting that the public's appetite to see guns in entertainment is on the rise.

http://features.hollywoodreporter.com/the-gun-industrys-lucrative-relationship-with-hollywood/

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Jeremy Griffith - The Roof is on Fire

1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project? There are many minority teens in low-income, low-opportunity areas who have unheard voices. Their self-esteem isn't cultivated and all of their portrayal in the media is negative. 2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project? Teen voices were unheard, opinions of them were based on negative media stereotypes, and many of them had very poor self-esteem. 3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content? Immersive theatre in the form of car-conversations that audience members could eavesdrop on. 4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that were invested in the project? The teenagers were very invested because of their desire to free their voices. The adults who helped were invested because they wanted to help these kids start to change the narrative. And the d...

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Theater of the Opressed: Kazmiera Tarshis

Theater of the opressed exists to engage the audience and community in the perfrmance. It offers a vehicle for social change at a very accessible level. I think the idea of asking the audience what the right choice is or to come up on stage and be a part of the performance is such an interestig cocept. It reminds me of those books that are "choose your own adventure". This seems to be a belief that many different theaters have in their own company beliefs section so it seems to be a relatively popuar idea within the theater world. Or, at leat, well known. I wonder if having the play interrupted would ruin the imaginary world which has been created. Is there a better way to get the audience involved without changing the traditional structure of a play?

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