Consider the impact that Words & Images have on society

Words, images, advertisements, photography, and media engulf our lives. So, I pose these two questions when viewing my postings:

How do visual and verbal rhetoric affect society? How do they shape communities, people, and cultures?

Both visual and verbal rhetoric influence how people think, feel, and react to what they see or hear. No matter how small the intent, words, images, advertisements, photography, and the media have the power to change a community(s), a person(s), or culture(s).

Tuesday, December 7

SPIDER-MAN ON BROADWAY

Spider-Man On Broadway
Is anyone planning to attend the Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark show on  Broadway? I certainly am. I grew up watching the Spider-Man cartoon, so I'll be there. The show opens December 8th. It's been reported that Spider-Man will be flying across the audience, leaping and hopping all over the place displaying amazing visuals, sounds, and the power of technology. But I bet you don't know how much the budget is: $400 BILLION, I repeat, $400 BILLION. With a budget like that, this show better be groundbreaking. It's the most expensive Broadway show in history. Read more about the show in the article titled, A Web And A Prayer written by Jesse Greene
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TSA's CONTROVERSIAL AIRPORT SCREENING PROCEDURES

TSA S&M
New York magazine, December 6, 2010 issue
New York magazine's editorial cartoons are hilarious. How do you feel about the Transportation Security Administration's new screening procedures? I feel like this, if it's going to protect the lives of human beings, I'm all for the new system. Sometimes I think people just want to be against something. I mean, we all know what a half naked body looks like, we've seen it on TV hundreds, even thousands of times. So if it's okay on TV, why wouldn't it be okay in this situation? TSA's not even saving the scans. 
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SHOW & TELL SOMETHING INTERESTING

The Return of "Get Your Way On"
The satire never ends... Take a look at this comic strip. It pokes fun at the most controversial topics discussed in politics today: the war, the current administration, and the planned building of a mosque near ground zero. But should these topics be turned into jokes? 
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