Creative Licence?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The Blue Guitar
Before I begin with tales from Japan, I had to put these two bits into my blog. The first is an article about Amterdam in Travel & Leisure. The second is something my colleague found on another blog. It is not intended to be hateful or to hurt anyone's sentiments. It's witty while raising questions about that fine line between creative licence and the language of tolerence (/intolerence). Take a look:
Creative Licence?
Creative Licence?
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you know I just watched 'Not without my daughter' yesterday, the film about an american woman's escape from the clutches of her husband in Iran with her daughter, and I was really confused, watching that film because on one hand it couldn't break away from the america - iran / christian - muslim / freedom and democracy - religious rule binaries. But on the other hand it becomes impossible to watch the film without putting yourself in that place, of a place where woman have absolutely no right to step out of a certain bound. And then at some point I was wondering if thats all the movie did, played on your sentiments as to how you feel about the situation as oppossed to actually tell a story! I guess what I'm saying is that it lies there, Its possibly really easy to play on the sentiments of an audience you can predict will feel in a certain way but really hard to just try and tell the story, anyway was just thinking that when I saw your post....
that's really interesting ats - are you saying that the author/ director play on or cash in on the sentiments of the viewer and hence sell the story. so in a sense those sentiments cloud your perception of the so called "truth"? or maybe the "story" or the "situation" becomes irrelevant because of the emotions involved?
this makes me think about something i've always thought about language. when i read that jihad bride cover, to be honest, i was laughing my ass off. but i really think that people need to be careful of the language they use. i guess i've always believed that the words you use eventually have the power to convince you yourself of what it is you're saying - even if you didn't believe it to begin with. sort of like the lie you told so many times that you now believe it?
well similarly, the cover of this jihad bride magazine - it's funny but on some level it's offensive. i don't think it belongs in the same realm as artistic licence/ expression because its intention was a spoof. so while people will read it and laugh at it, will it, like the words one uses, also filter through to that space of core belief?
god, i sound like a deepak chopra junkie. but i hope you get what i mean!
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