Longest Yard

The part of class that stood out to me was when we watched the longest yard. There weren't many issues in the movie that had to deal with gender from a female's perspective. This was a male dominant movie. Looking at class, it was easy to see the power and motivation that the warden of the prison possessed. He wanted Adam Sandler to lead his prison football team to be better because he was really big on football. He is part of the upper class while Sandler is part of the lower class of inmates even though he use to be a big-time football player. He manipulated Sandler into joining his team even though he didn't want to but using his power he had over him. The gaurds also showed their power over the lower class inmates by doing pretty much whatever they wanted to do to them without worrying about the consequences. Adam Sandler played Michael Irvin in a game of basketball, and Michael beat up on Sandler the whole game. Guys aren't suppose to show pain and weakness and Sandler took the beating the whole game without calling a foul to show his pride as a man. Throughout the entire movie, the men are portrayed as rough and tough. There is one man, the 400 pound man of pretty much all muscle, who they make fun of by having him cry and whine when he gets hit hard. It's a funny play on a man and how they shouldn't show emotion.

Midterm Blog

Last Monday, we took our final. I studied the powerpoints and my class notes, and feel that I did fairly well. The midterm itself was not what I was expecting. I am used to teachers giving multiple choice and true/false questions. It was a midterm that required you to know and understand the material and how to apply your knowledge. The NCIS movie we watched had a lot of class/gender aspects that I noticed. I ended up with a page and a half of isses that I noticed. There was also a few racial things I noticed. It was a different midterm than I am used to having, but at least I know what to expect for our final.