TEACHSOC: Re: Crash?

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:06:19 -0700

Just a word on Crash - while it was "popular" with some, there were also many who felt it was offensive because it reinforced a "why can't we all just get along" message rather than addressing the structural/historical aspects underlying the relationships.  Depended on whose eyes one viewed it through .... in my classes white students more frequently thought it was great while students of color found it very painful and inadequate. Just some food for thought...

 
On 9/14/06, Jack Estes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

My two cents re films: I love using them and agree completely that they take
LOTS of preparation in order to be really effective. Once they're carefully
selected and the students have an opportunity to apply sociological
principles to them (a paper seems almost mandatory in teaching a film;
certainly a worksheet, at least), they can be very effective. I've used
several different feature films in my intro classes. I think it's valuable
to find popular films, if possible, the ones the students watch at home on
DVD, in order to make the class most effective. It can help a student "see"
what's going on around him or her. What does this film really SAY? "Crash"
fits the bill as both provocative and popular. Several of my students had
seen it. Watching it again, though, certainly didn't hurt anyone. Myself
included.

My problem with the films is the time they take. I've found that using TV
shows can be more easily handled. Last semester I used Jerry Springer,
Trading Spouses, MTV's "Made," South Park, The Cosby Show, The Apprentice,
All in the Family, Everybody Loves Raymond, Fabulous Lives, one or two
others I can't remember just now. I've used Seinfeld in the past as well as
Super Bowl and Academy Awards clips. Again, when the students see things in
class that they're used to watching at home, it can give them a new
awareness of what they're watching.

Jack Estes
BMCC/CUNY

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Chris, a great movie although I know some HS adminstrators that frown on it
being shown in HS particurally with the content. I think that social class
is just important in that movie as is race so my might want to use it to
show how race and social class are fused when African Americans are
portrayed. And how upper class whites can use their privileged status.


>>> chris salituro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/14/06 12:59 PM >>>

Does anyone use the movie Crash.  Any advice on how to approach it.
I find the movie very interesting and I have used it, but I want to
hone my discussion and connection to content.

Chris Salituro


On Sep 14, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Del Thomas Ph D wrote:

>
> We have the deer hunter, Apocalypse Now,  Cuckoo's nest......many
> more.
> Yet none seem to have an impact.
> Maybe American Idol doesn't either... has anyone tested the impact of
> any film in a classroom?
>
> What is learned from films?
>
> The other day I listened to a 10 year old.... I looked at the dollar
> bill he said.  there is was
> in god we trust.  He continued to explain that the trouble we are
> in now
> is because we do
> not follow that simple message.......  that statement is there for a
> reason    he explained.... god
> wants us to know that we should trust in him and it will be all
> right.... he was articulate...
> he had learned....the lessons well....
>
> Del
>
>
>
> >
>









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