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Draw the ideological map

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/—– libertarian —–\

                    \----- socialist -----/
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Explain the parts of the ideological map

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  1. Centralist- you feel one way or another on topics
  2. Conservative- more traditional
  3. Liberal- progressive (away from traditional)
  4. Radical- change with whatever means necessary (far left, often associated with communists)
  5. Reactionary- turn back the clock with whatever means necessary (far right, often associated with nazis/fascists/Hitler/Stalin/the Taliban)
  6. Libertarian- gov get out of my life (financially, socially, politically)
  7. Socialist- want gov to do everything
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Anarchy

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One extreme or the other (far left or far right)

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How has the FCC assaulted the First Amendment of journalists?

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FCC looking at having surveys done over how news editors do stories - direct assault on first Amendment - gives you the ability to criticize the government (and free press, assembly, etc.)

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What is the NFL trying to ban?

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Use of the N word. Issues: does an organization have the right to police what is said? Need to be careful we are setting a premise (that we accept political correctness - we don’t want offensive), have to be aware of the premises we accept

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What is bias?

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What you think is reasonable

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Monty Python: how many were there?

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Monty Python: referred to as what? (hint: invasion)

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The second british invasion

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Monty Python: were they expected to be successful in the states?

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No

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Monty Python: who put up money to make film of best clips to spread to America?

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Victor Lowens from Playboy company

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Monty Python: who agreed to distribute first Monty Python film in the US?

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Columbia Pictures (reluctant but did it anyway)

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Monty Python: who did first recording of them? How did it spread? How did it become a film? How did the film do?

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Charisma records did recording of them, brought to Buddah records in NYC, had to get i on the radio - people liked it but not many people - Buddah lobbied Columbia to release the film so long as Buddha handles the premier - the film tanked but some important people heard it

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Monty Python: Death of Mary Queen of Scotts bit

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recording of man beating up older woman

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Monty Python: what happened when they traveled to America?

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People came to the tour! Sold out in random places in Canada - Nancy from Buddah wanted the men to come to the US

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Monty Python: What happened when the men went on the Tonight Show?

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Not much of a reaction but Nancy from Buddah still wanted to get them on TV

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Monty Python: how did they get their television break?

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PBS - KERA in Texas (Dallas) - producer found it funny - very rude for TV though and a lot of british references - it was a risk public television could take. KERA first to show it on national TV - ratings very small - but Sunday at 10 rating was at a 6 and by end of the month it was at a 8/9 - other stations noticed - finally proving British comedy can work in the US - attracting young audience to PBS - dealt with unseen issues (gays, crossdressers, transvestites) - Pythons loved ethos of PBS

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Monty Python: how was Monty Python and the Holy Grail received?

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Huge hit, gave out coconuts at premier

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Monty Python: how did ABC ruin them?

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Bought rights to air Monty Python, but they put in commercials, cut things out, and bleeped things out - Monty Python tried to get ABC to stop airing them (went to court, court ruled ABC had right to ruin the material)

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Monty Python: Summarize Episode 15

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Spanish inquisition, skit without the punch line, chopping head off, taxing “thinging”, poking old lady with pillow (Spanish Inquisition), semaphoric withering heights (using just flags for words), Julias Cesear on light signals, court in charades

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Monty Python: Is Monty Python pop culture or culture?

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Pop culture

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Blazing Saddles: opening scene

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Blacks working on railroad - whites ask them to sing a “work song” - they do a doo-whop song - whites sing camptown ladies - make blacks find quicksand

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Blazing Saddles: Why does Hedley Lamar want to build railroad in Rockridge?

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Makes it easy to cut across land but they don’t own Rockridge so they need to take it over by force - town needs a sheriff to help them fight back - instead of hanging Bart make him sheriff figuring town will kill him

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Blazing Saddles: what happens when Bart gets to Rockridge?

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Town wants to shoot him (even pastor tells Bart he is on his own) but he fakes being crazy to save himself - goes to jail and meets Jim “the wako kid”

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Blazing Saddles: what happens to Mongol when he is sent to kill the sheriff?

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Bart blows up Mongol and later Mongol tells him of the railroad

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Blazing Saddles: what is iconic about the scene in which Hedley is trying to recruit people to fight off Sheriff Bart?

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Every type of stereotype is represented (ex. Mexicans “we don’t need no stinking badges”

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Blazing Saddles: how does Bart trick Hedley and his crew?

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Builds replica of Rockville (with towns people and black railroad workers), almost forgot the people so make toll booth to slow Hedley down - when they get to town Bart blows them up

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Blazing Saddles: how does it end?

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Scene over to studio of men in tuxedos (spoof of Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend), fighting moves to studio cafeteria, Hedley makes way to premier of Blazing Saddles, sees Bart on screen coming, Bart shoots Hedley, Bart and Jim go watch the movie, Bart and Jim ride horses to car, then “drive off into the sunset”

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How can pop culture be dated?

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We see examples of it but don’t get the reference - further away you get from it the harder it is to identify - not good to base an entire movie on pop culture references because not everyone gets it

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Blazing Saddles: what social issue was the movie dealing with?

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Civil rights (fairly new at time of Blazing Saddles)

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: beginning

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Pair of lips singing song, couple from famous pitchfork picture standing in front of door of chapel as couple is getting married, Brad and Janet sing song of love in front of graveyard

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: what happens as they are driving to visit doctor friend?

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Car gets flat, walk to castle, farmer picture in the house (American Gothic - there is America, but here is America), having a party, does the time warp dance, Brad and Janet taken up to Dr Franknfurter’s labratory where he brings mummy to life (Rocky) - Rocky sings song about “woe is me my life is a mystery”

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: what happens to Eddie?

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Eddie comes out of deep freeze, sings song, Dr. Kills him with pick ax - Eddie is a product of the 50s/60s - he is the old generation meeting the new generation - he then slices him with electric knife - symbolic image from pop culture

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: what happens at night?

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Dr sleeps with Janet and Brad by tricking them, meanwhile Rocky escapes

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: what happens when Dr. Scott arrives?

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Dr. Scott shows up at door, Dr turns on magnet and Scott comes (Brad yells “Great Scott!”), Dr. Scott looking for Eddie, they eat him at dinner

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: how does the movie end?

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Dr Frank turns them all into statues after a euphoric song, servants fight back, Dr Frank thinks he is going home, he is not - during his farewell song he sees adoring fans but no one is there - he is not really going home he is going to heaven/hell

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: what is playing in the car as Brad and Janet drive to the doctor’s house at the beginning?

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President Nixon’s resignation speech

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: when does it take place? Why is this significant?

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1974- not many years after sexual revolution (don’t be sexually repressed like Brad and Janet - culture of “if it feels good do it” - also on the heels of water gate - a lot of distrust for the government

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: what is the last euphoric song representative of?

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Warm water = sins of the flesh - floating on a life preserver from the Titanic over Davinci’s painting - in his mind Dr Frank is god and they are all giving into the temptation

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: how does the movie play off cliches?

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Ex. Oh Brad!

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Rocky Horror Picture Show: how is the movie uplifting?

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“Don’t dream it, be it” - resonated with people, put it in pop culture - people looked at it literally (don’t just say you want to do it - just do it) - it talked to a generation and transcended itself - grew bigger than what it was

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