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While the topic of Syria has been something our country is struggling with, I find it very interesting that while this is a major event in history, the majority of the country is focusing on Miley Cyrus's performance at the VMA. While the country should be in hot debate over going to war in Syria, we seem to be more focused on our celebrities and the obscenities that happened at the VMA awards. Why does our country push away from the serious issues and focus on these trivial ones?
The political cartoon at to the left shows a young person playing on the computer looking at the top story in the news. Political cartoons have embraced the fact that America as a whole seems to be more concerned with Miley's performance and artists are incorporating it into cartoons and using it to kind of coincide with the crisis in Syria. The image itself is split in two, though unequally. The image on the top which is focusing on the crisis in Syria seems larger and has more of a dramatic impact, drawing the viewer in. The dramatics of the green gas fog engulfing the people while the people cannot escape seems to visually imply what is happening in the country. The representations of explosions and gas seem to incorporate the crisis of the country into a larger panel. This is contrary to the truth, which is actually what is represented in the bottom panel. The citizens over in America seem unconcerned with the crisis in another country, and the top story during this was Miley's performance. While the panel in the cartoon is smaller, showing how this story should actually be viewed, the character is wearing red which is bold compared to the rest of the cartoon. The red could also represent one of the colors of America, and just the fact that he is sitting at the computer unconcerned shows the emotion of the country about this.
The image to the right is one that seems to affect more of the older generation, since they are the ones being portrayed in this comic. The older generation seems to be appalled by the fact that Miley's performance is what is causing this country such distress as opposed to the crisis. The slouched back positions sitting in front of a flatscreen in a comfortable chair shows the typical American people. This is how American's take in their entertainment from the television. But since these are older, they seem to have more of an interest in the world around them as opposed to the younger generation. The younger generation don't seem as though they take into any concern how different events could impact the country. Like the first cartoon the comfort of our people is shown, and the fact that we have technology that we can use all day long, as well as the lack of the impact the crisis in Syria took on us.
I find it very ingenious that political cartoons are reflecting on this issue, since it seems that young people only care about celebrities and their own lives. Taking into account the young people's interest in the media and how their lives seem to center around it, cartoonists are trying to either reach the young generation in an odd way or to mock them for their ways. It reflects the political mindset of my generation for a vast majority of the population. While these cartoons are satire, they do reflect the truth.
The political cartoon at to the left shows a young person playing on the computer looking at the top story in the news. Political cartoons have embraced the fact that America as a whole seems to be more concerned with Miley's performance and artists are incorporating it into cartoons and using it to kind of coincide with the crisis in Syria. The image itself is split in two, though unequally. The image on the top which is focusing on the crisis in Syria seems larger and has more of a dramatic impact, drawing the viewer in. The dramatics of the green gas fog engulfing the people while the people cannot escape seems to visually imply what is happening in the country. The representations of explosions and gas seem to incorporate the crisis of the country into a larger panel. This is contrary to the truth, which is actually what is represented in the bottom panel. The citizens over in America seem unconcerned with the crisis in another country, and the top story during this was Miley's performance. While the panel in the cartoon is smaller, showing how this story should actually be viewed, the character is wearing red which is bold compared to the rest of the cartoon. The red could also represent one of the colors of America, and just the fact that he is sitting at the computer unconcerned shows the emotion of the country about this.
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I find it very ingenious that political cartoons are reflecting on this issue, since it seems that young people only care about celebrities and their own lives. Taking into account the young people's interest in the media and how their lives seem to center around it, cartoonists are trying to either reach the young generation in an odd way or to mock them for their ways. It reflects the political mindset of my generation for a vast majority of the population. While these cartoons are satire, they do reflect the truth.
Great visual analysis Rei! These political cartoons are great finds and definitely represent how national news channels can often focus more on ridiculous stories, like Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance, instead of serious international news like the events in Syria. I think that the artists of these cartoons are mocking our country as a whole- adults, teenagers, cable news companies, etc, as opposed to reaching out to teenagers because I don’t know many young people who read political cartoons.
ReplyDelete5 out of 5.