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>I'm not sure that Inside Out was meant to be an accurate depiction of our emotions any more than Finding Nemo is meant as an accurate portrayal of marine ecosy
by olewhalehunter 11y ago
>I'm not sure that Inside Out was meant to be an accurate depiction of our emotions any more than Finding Nemo is meant as an accurate portrayal of marine ecosystems, or Ratatouille of French cuisine.
And yet the first thing to come to many children's minds when shown a clown fish or French cuisine is Nemo and Ratatouille.
> I don't think that children watching the movie will really grow up believing they have all these little people in their heads.
I've met people who think the movie helped them "understand themselves better" whether or not that is actually true.
>But if we couldn't reduce that complexity into modular, independent pieces then how would we ever communicate?
Not everyone wants to speak the same language, (or even be forced to hear you).
- lfowles 11y ago> And yet the first thing to come to many children's minds when shown a clown fish or French cuisine is Nemo and Ratatouille. Is that a bad thing?
- olewhalehunter 11y agoDisney having a monopoly on children's psychological and cultural associations is a bad thing, yes.
- knughit 11y agoThe Nemo movie created a holocaust of clownfish pets.
- lfowles 11y ago101 Dalmations also had a effect on the dalmation breed, but does that mean we should stop featuring animals in movies? Should movies have a cultural influence limit before we stop showing them to children? Should we add a lecture before/after the movie on responsible pet ownership?
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoMore broadly--to what extent are entertainment creators responsible for what stupid people do after watching/reading/listening/playing? I do think children's media has more responsibility than adult media, but how far does that responsibility go?
- PhasmaFelis 11y ago> I've met people who think the movie helped them "understand themselves better" whether or not that is actually true. What makes you better qualified than them to understand what's happening in their heads?
- olewhalehunter 11y agoI'm not, but neither is Disney, what makes Paul Ekman "the best lie detector in the world" if he can't also provide a universal theory of truth?
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoWhat? You said that people think the movie helped them understand themselves better, but that at least some of them are wrong. I'd like to know on what basis you make that judgment. I'm not clear where Paul Ekman enters into that question.
- olewhalehunter 11y agoMy phrasing was "Whether or not that is actually true", but one shouldn't ascribe any psychological authority to anyone, especially those involved in mass media, other than a vicious ability to con people into consuming their tripe.