The film The Mask You Live In was written, filmed and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. It was released on January 25, 2015 at the premiere of the Sundance Film Festival. Jennifer also released a similar film called Miss Representation, a film about what the expectations of a woman were according to the media. According to the film, using hyper-masculinity among boys and young men through parental teachings and social expectations in the United States negatively affects them psychologically as it affects their way of decision-making and become more isolated throughout their lives. I firmly agree with Newsom’s message she was trying to send out to her intended audience, the parents and our society at large communicated through statistics shown as title sequences and the testimonies coming from boys and men who were once at-risk.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom was born on June 19, 1974 in San Francisco, CA and is the eldest of four sisters in her family. As stated by Stanford Women, Newsom graduated from Stanford University with honors obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in 1996 and an MBA in 2001. According to contributor Frank Miniter 's article “Is Masculinity Toxic?,” Jennifer Siebel Newsom is married to Gavin Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor and currently a Lieutenant Governor of California and eventually raised four children. Also, as stated in Michael Mechanic’s article “"Be a Man." What Does That Even Mean?,” she says, her inspiration for creating the film came after the
Wearing a mask isn't always wearing you. Throughout time people have been wearing mask’s. For example people used it to protect themselves, hide from someone else, they can use it for religious reasons or even to be happy. An example of this is when the jewish people were hiding from the germans. or In my dad's a liar he was is protecting his kid from knowing the truth that they were broke.
When something consumes you such as a society and tells you what you have to be, how do you avoid the mask? The poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Dunbar and the novel “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury both use a mask as a symbol. The mask symbolizes how closed off people are, and how they hide themselves and their emotions from society. These “masks” are worn to protect yourself from the cruel and treacherous society that has been created. The new society has taught people how to cover up their true emotions with these fake smiles and shining eyes.
What are masks? One usually thinks it is an object the individual puts on and takes off.
During the reading of Ellison’s story masking is evident through the epilogue and chapter one. The theme of masking has different meanings in this story. One meaning shows masking as an unwillingness of acceptance to an individual, whom is not accepted in society. The narrator is masked because people see in him as what they want to perceive him to be. Masking, in this meaning, has a strong sense of racial prejudice. Whites rarely see black people as individual human beings, as showing during the battle royal. Another meaning of masking is suggestion of separation from society. While the narrator is in his hole, he is not there mentally, but he is there physically. He cannot be seen by society. He is masked because he chooses to remain away. Masking, in this meaning, is similar to hibernation, with the narrator’s choice to remain in his cave and think.
Masks by Fumiko Enchi is woven together by the elaborate revenge plan of one of the main characters, Mieko. Throughout the book, revenge is one of the major themes because the events that occur are in accordance with Mieko’s scheme. Mieko is the mother-in-law of Yasuko, whom two men are in love with. She is an older woman who is very knowledgeable and well spoken; but under that is a manipulative nature that stems from bitterness and resentment towards her dead husband. Mieko uses the two men’s love for Yasuko to her advantage and creates a plan to get back at her husband, for he had wronged her during their marriage.
The film King of Masks deals with and challenges the feudal idea that men are superior to women; this ideology, as the film portrays, results in alienation, tragedy and bitterness for girls in Chinese society and particularly the protagonist Doggie. In contrast, out of darkness, corruption, and poverty, the goodness of humanity and the human love sprung up from the master-apprentice relationship between Wang and Doggie will ultimately reign over narrow and backward traditional notions.
We Wear The Mask was written in 1886 with post slavery America being the significant historical backdrop. In this poem, Dunbar explores the duality of experience of African American's at this time. The outward experience presented to the world at large - “We wear the mask that grins and lies” - versus the inward truth of suffering and turmoil - “With torn and bleeding hearts we smile”.
Masks and identity are a huge part of The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman. They’re used in many different cases and in different situations to conceal the character's true identity to provide protection or to help characters relate to others. Masks are also used to take away identity in a way that's harmful. Ones identity is a very important part of who they are and the loss of identity can cause a lot of personal destruction. One instance shows a positive outcome of the masks when Vladek wears a pig mask to hide the fact that he is jewish so he can talk to the polish man on the train to get home safely. This is an example of how the masks are used to provide protection and conceal one's true identity.
The African Culture is one of the most intriguing and complexed cultures to analysis because of the hidden meaning and thought-provoking ritual that has highly impacted their traditions. One of the most considerable piece of evidence of their ritualistic perceptions is the astonishing art work that the African people left behind. The art was a way for the people to implement different rituals throughout the year. For comparison, it is similar to many American cultures ritualistic traditions regarding such holidays as Christmas and Thanksgiving. One piece of art that the African culture is particularly recognized for is their Masks.
The major plains indians that fight the u.s. intensively were the Sioux in the northern plains, the Cheyenne and the arapacho in the middle plains, and the Comanche in the southern plains. All these tribes have been in constant war with other tribes, the Sioux and Cheyenne against the crows and shoshones for example.
The film Witness is set in Pennsylvania, 1984. The story is centered around John Book, a streetwise Philadelphia detective. The film also focuses on the characters Rachel, Samuel and Eli Lapp, all members of the local Amish community. Lessor, yet important characters also include Daniel Hochleitner, Paul Schaeffer, James McFee, Elton Carter and Elaine. Witness offers a rare cinematic insight into the culture of the Amish.
In We Wear the Mask, the author’s purpose is to push the reader to feel something about the way things were in his perspective.
The mask you live in, just from the title I could tell that this documentary was going to be a good one. From what we have watched so far I have found this documentary to be very interesting and unique. It is unique in the way that it shows the viewers what kind of different stages a man must go through, being a girl myself I find it interesting to see another side of men, and how they have so many expectations and rules they must follow. I defiantly disagree with many of the expectations that are shown in the movie, for example when people say "boys are not allowed to show emotion" it is honestly so wrong, having emotions should not change the way people see or think of you, it does not make you weak nor a girl. From the title the word mask
The movie "Alive" is a shocking true story of an Uruguayan Rugby Team that crashed their plane in the middle of the Andes mountains. The Uruguayan plane crash carrying 45 passengers to Chile unfortunately resulted only with the survival of 16 students. Through a traumatic shocking experience, the movie reenacts the event of the crash. This movie demonstrates various examples of the importance of psychological and physiological needs in our daily lives. It also outlines how the survivors had to accomplish particular essential needs in order to ensure their physiological and psychological health. The movie "Alive" is a fascinating story that demonstrates heroism and faith through a team mainly consisted of teenage
Paul Laurence Dunbar, dispatches the cold troubles of African Americans in the lyrical poem, "We Wear the Mask." In this poem, Dunbar links imagery, rhythm, rhyme, and word choice to in order to institute a connection to the reader. From reading the poem, one can infer that Mr. Dunbar is speaking in general, of the misery that many people keep concealed under a grin that they wear very well. But if one were to go further and take the time to research Mr. Dunbar’s selection of this piece and the era of which this poem was written, one would come to understand that this poem focuses entirely on Paul Laurence Dunbar’s viewpoints on racial prejudice and the struggle for equality for the African-American’s of his time period. Though this