this to someone. You sit in a movie theatre, in comfortable chairs with amazing sound that helps with setting the environment of one’s “own world.” You can put yourself in the movie to feel good about yourself or even live in the life of a celebrity for two hours. Some movies offer and underlying political message and other movies reflect on changing social values. Still other movies are just pure entertainment. But all movies need an audience to succeed (Biagi2001). From a sci-fi fantasy like Star Wars to an emotional roller coaster like Forrest Gump, movies offer not only an escape but also the opportunity to learn and appreciate new things. The downside to this is that aside from fun or factual learning, movies can set trends and instill values that are taken on with almost little choice by the mind-numbed viewer. A great example of this was evident in a national phenomenon that took place just a few years ago. A movie called The Program entailed a story about the pros and cons of college football. A scene in the movie showed some student athletes lying in the middle of a road while speeding cars nearly hit them. Shortly after the movie was released young adults all over the country imitated their foolish behavior. For me, the scariest part about the occurrences is that I personally know someone who did it. I guess this paragraph can be ended well with the statement, “Don’t believe everything you see.” From a different perspective of movies, The Andy Kaufman movie, Man on the Moon was an amazing film that correlates with my paper well. Andy Kaufman possessed the commercial genius to be adored and remembered for years to come. However, his true genius was his insight to the guiding influences of the media. Every con and/or performance by Andy had the ulterior motive of keeping his audience confused and frustrated for the soul purpose of entertaining and amusing himself. The movie ...
