HUM 200: Applied humanities due Saturday at 7pm

T he V illa in G ap 5 M od u le F iv e: I m pact o f t h e H um an it ie s / P ag e 5 .1 .3 T he V illa in G ap O n t h is p ag e: 0 o f 4 a tte m pte d ( 0 % ) | 0 o f 3 c o rre ct ( 0 % ) O bje ctiv e : E xam in e t h e w ays in w hic h f il m s p ortr a y c u lt u ra l p ers p ectiv e. O ne f in al e x am ple o f h ow a rt p ro vid es in sig ht in to c u lt u re is s e en in f il m s f r o m t h e C old W ar e ra . T he t e rm “ C old W ar” r e fe rs t o t h e n ucle a r a rm s r a ce , p ro xy c o n flic ts , a n d gen era lly a g gre ssiv e p ostu re b etw een t h e U nit ed S ta te s a n d t h e S ovie t U nio n in t h e se co n d h alf o f t h e 2 0 th c e n tu ry . ( I t is k n ow n a s a “ c o ld ” w ar b eca u se t h e t w o c o u n tr ie s nev er e n gag ed in a d ir ect s h ootin g w ar w ith e a ch o th er d u rin g t h is t im e.) I n t h e U nit ed S ta te s, t e n sio ns w ith “ th e R ussk ie s” f o rm ed a p ro m in en t p art o f t h e n atio nal c u lt u re . P olit ic ally , d oin g a n yth in g t o “ b ea t t h e R ussia ns” c a rrie d r e a l w eig ht: I t w as t h e s u cce ssfu l l a u n ch o f a R ussia n s a te llit e, S p utn ik , t h at m otiv ate d N ASA t o g o t o th e m oon , f o r e x am ple . G overn m en t s p en din g b allo on ed in t h e p ost- W orld W ar I I e ra a s t h e P en ta g o n p u sh ed t o e n su re “ p ea ce t h ro u gh s u perio r f ir ep ow er.” B eca u se t h e C old W ar w as o n A m eric an ’s m in ds a l o t f o r a l o n g t im e— fr o m t h e im med ia te a ft e rm ath o f W orld W ar I I t o t h e f a ll o f t h e B erlin W all in 1 9 8 9— it’s n ot su rp ris in g t h at it s h ow ed u p o ft e n in f il m , w ith R ussia ns o ft e n p ortr a yed a s v il la in ou s pro p on en ts o f a r e p re ssiv e id eo lo gy. A nd y o u m ight e x p ect t h at R ussia ns h ad v ery s im ilar f e elin gs a b ou t A m eric a, a n d t h at t h eir a rt w ou ld a ls o r e fle ct t h e s a m e k in ds o f fe a rs a n d s e lf - r ig hte o u s a ttit udes. B ut d id t h ey ?

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The V illa in G ap : W hy S ovie t M ovie s R are ly H ad A m eric an B ad G uys T he A .V . C lu b, Ig n atiy V is hn ev ets k y ( M arc h 3 1, 2 0 16 ) MULT IP LE -C HO IC E Q UES TIO N T his artic le is ab out f ilm s m ad e o ve r d ecad es, b ut it c en te rs on a c o nve rsa tio n a t a n e ve nt t h at to ok p la ce in w hic h o f t h e f o llo w in g t im e p erio d s? in t h e m id -1 960s in t h e la te 1 980s Listen 10/9/21, 1:09 AM HUM-200 - Page 5.1.3 - The Villain Gap https://www.webtexts.com/courses/45794-olearyrockey/traditional_book/chapters/4887216-module-five-impact-of-the-humanities/pages/4887214 2/3 MULT IP LE -C HO IC E Q UES TIO N A cco rd in g t o t h e a rtic le , w ho w ere t h e t yp ic al vi lla in s in S ovi et c in em a o f t h e C old W ar e ra ?

M ULT IP LE -C HO IC E Q UES TIO N A cco rd in g t o t h e a rtic le , h o w w ere A m eric an s in S ovi et f il m s fr o m t h e C old W ar e ra c h ara cte riz e d ?

RES PO NSE B O AR D T he a u th o r st ate s, “ A s th e A m eric an s m ad e f a n ta si es of t h re at, t h e U SSR m ad e f a n ta si es of st ab ilit y an d g lo b al st an d in g .” H ow d oes th is help e xp la in t h e d if f e re n t w ays each si de p ortr a ye d th e o th er in f ilm s? th is past ye ar in t h e e arly 1990s A fg han s C hrist ia n s A m eric an s N azis a s ig no ra n t vi ctim s le d a st ra y as lo ud , r u d e, w ealt h y bra ts a s peo p le w it h lo w m ora ls an d a n o b se ssi on w it h f r e ed om as co ld k illin g m ach in es N o r e sp onse sa ved ye t. Listen 10/9/21, 1:09 AM HUM-200 - Page 5.1.3 - The Villain Gap https://www.webtexts.com/courses/45794-olearyrockey/traditional_book/chapters/4887216-module-five-impact-of-the-humanities/pages/4887214 3/3 You m ust c o m ple te a t l e a st o n e m ult ip le -c h oic e q u estio n o n t h is p ag e b efo re y o u c a n re se t.

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