Unit 2

Today when I woke up I got up and looked across the room and saw my brothers Hunger Games poster hanging on the wall but there was something different whenever I looked at it this morning. I sat back down on my bed and realized just how greatly diffusion went hand in hand with Hollywood’s hottest movies.  The Hunger Games being released in March of 2012 “made the largest amount of money worldwide on opening weekend for a film not released during the summer or the holiday period” according to the box office of IMDB. This meant that the first week it was out it had already traveled across continents to the most remote areas of the world to be viewed by people who most likely looked nothing like the main characters in the movie. The diffusion of images through television and movies such as in Latin America demonstrate characters that have very different lifestyles which are completely foreign to the average daily lives of its viewers. In the case of the movie the Hunger Games the main characters for the most part are young strong Caucasian teens which don’t correspond at all with the image and type of people in Latin America because they are of a completely different complexion. The bombardment of images without any major intention are diffused and the population of its viewers cannot identify themselves with the characters of the movies which in turn is an ideological imperialistic penetration, but said populations of people are resisting in some Latin American countries by choosing officials and presidents who look more like the everyday citizen of the country such as is the case of Bolivia with president Evo Morales. In Bolivia mostly all of the population is indigenous which is why an indigenous candidate was elected and not a candidate who looked that of European decent as is sometimes the case in other Latin America countries. Ultimately the diffusion of images of occidental movie corporations is something of blitzkrieg nature because those are the movies showing at the local cinemas in Latin America. It is very odd to see a movie made in Paraguay or any other Latin American country aired at a local movie theater  but even though this is the case the population doesn't always submit to western media norms as demonstrated by not electing decedents of Europeans who look like the main characters of the movies because they have already oppressed them for centuries, but instead electing indigenous candidates. Latin America as a whole airs Hollywood films but in terms of image does not represent its viewers in any way shape or form. Although there is some sort of Latino representation in Hollywood as is the case for any other minority most of the time they are perceived and televised as bandits or criminals such as the “bad guys” of the movie. Huh I guess people are right a picture is worth a thousand words.  

the man himself..what a legend!