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Ideaology Theories, Thesis: How to Get Away with Murder makes a deliberate…
Ideaology Theories
Marxism: social formation -- different social and intellectual activities or practices make up society (economic, political, social, etc.) => key arenas within which individuals find their identity/place in social formation (W6)
different parts of social formation operate w relative autonomy, can cause conflict in the individual (W7) #
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subjectivity -- understanding of individuals as composite effect of forces/structures, defining the individual starts with understanding their participation in complex networks of social and cultural processes that inform conscious + unconscious (W5) #
Marxism: hegemony -- predominance of particular class, political, and ideological interests within a given society; social and cultural conflict is expressed as a struggle for hegemony (W6) #
Althusserian: ideology interpellate individuals, people construct and are constructed by systems of representation (W7)
Marxism: ideology sometimes described as false consciousness -- higher class runs a system that promotes its own interests and generalizes them so that the oppressed mistakenly adopt the ideas as their own (W4) # #
Thesis: How to Get Away with Murder makes a deliberate attempt at highlighting marginalized interests, the efforts of which can be understood through the frames of various theories of ideology.
social interests -- relationships, sexuality, gender, race
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race: pretty diverse cast, some indication of white majority thru bonfire shots, crazy fratty looking guys that run by when group's trying to move body (12:55)
17:28 courtroom is pretty split in terms of diversity (one half white, the other student half diverse)
material interests -- winning and having something to show for it (trophies, press, etc.)
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political interests -- survival of the fittest, leverage your network
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HTGAWM provides an extensive overview of the various interests of a fast-paced, modern world while exposing the complexities and nuance that shape such interests
- intro: introduce HTGAWM, thesis
- brief overview of critical reception of film (expanding on how it might be viewed as "progressive")
- As White mentions, "a dominant ideology is less a fixed set of meanings and beliefs than it is a negotiated position within a system of contradictory and contestatory meanings"
HTGAWM is good at parsing out these negotiations and communicating it through the show's writing and casting
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- appealing to marginzalized interests via. gender, race, and sexuality (social interests)
- appeal to dominant interests via themes of success, status (political, class and material interests)
everyone seems to be the same -- characterized by the same drive, willingness to jump thru hoops, hunger to win, etc.
and then true characters are revealed via differences in parts of social formations (personal life, politics, etc.)
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How does HTGAWM illuminate specific social, material, political, and class interests? Messages, morals, and values, and what does that say about the ideology at play?
can we assume that the larger court system subjects its participants to a distorted system of methodology/practice?
**check out p.24 of Ideological Analysis and Television.pdf for content that could help narrow down thesis/refine argument
first indication of toxicity of environment: "crazy rabbit-sex and nervous breakdown" former roommate
could almost say show is a direct commentary on superficiality in labels -- we see from the initial defense pitches (13:15) that labels become increasingly complex as you dig deeper into the process
everyone wants to be annalise, but annalise is revealed to be a much more complex character than she appears to the public and her students (excluding wes)
tension: diverse representation vs. homogenous reality, we want to be inclusive and show different types of people, but does it really reflect our reality?
druggie comparison --> condemn drug users irl but celebrate their fight when it's a celebrity or on-screen character
writte about everyone wanting tobe annalise, but what does it mean to be her? to achieve the highest success and rewardin your environment? segway into paragraph about material interests and consequences of "winning' via statue