Gittell's Use Of Greed Revealed In Film
The three films Gittell analyses to make his argument clear about American’s New Favorite Villian Is a Rich Guy are Lone Ranger, White House Down, and Iron Man 3. For example, in the film White House Down, Gittell demonstrates how our “new enemy of the moment…doesn’t come from overseas” (478). Gittell indicates that our enemies do not necessary need to be from a foreign country, but that our enemies can be among us. In the film, White House Down, the White House is under attack by 2 domestic terrorist “one is a white supremacist, and another is a disgruntled ex soldier” (479). The whole purpose behind the attack on the White House is to show how greed can lead to a profitable war for the sole purpose to put money into the pockets of corrupt
politicians and private arms dealer contractors at the expense of others. Another film Gittell analyses that deals with terrorist is Iron Man 3. In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark battles the Mandarin who is portrayed as a foreign terrorist who attacks American military bases to disguise his true intention, military advance weaponry experimentation on war veterans. After various fights scenes, the Mandarin is revealed to a puppeteer figure used for the audience as a target they can point a finger to, but to their demise, the “Mandarin is just a decoy character dreamed up by a scientist to provide cover for his experimentation on war veterans” (479). Another film of my choosing which supports Gittell’s argument that the new villain is a rich guy would have to be “Scareface”. Scareface tells the story on Tony Montana, a political refugee of Cuba who migrates to the United States in hopes to achieve the American dream of becoming a successful person. Despite the gruesome methods he uses to become successful and his drug deals to create an enormous profit, Tony Montana is an example of how greed and hunger for power is labeled as the new villain is a rich guy concept which America loves according Gittell.
politicians and private arms dealer contractors at the expense of others. Another film Gittell analyses that deals with terrorist is Iron Man 3. In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark battles the Mandarin who is portrayed as a foreign terrorist who attacks American military bases to disguise his true intention, military advance weaponry experimentation on war veterans. After various fights scenes, the Mandarin is revealed to a puppeteer figure used for the audience as a target they can point a finger to, but to their demise, the “Mandarin is just a decoy character dreamed up by a scientist to provide cover for his experimentation on war veterans” (479). Another film of my choosing which supports Gittell’s argument that the new villain is a rich guy would have to be “Scareface”. Scareface tells the story on Tony Montana, a political refugee of Cuba who migrates to the United States in hopes to achieve the American dream of becoming a successful person. Despite the gruesome methods he uses to become successful and his drug deals to create an enormous profit, Tony Montana is an example of how greed and hunger for power is labeled as the new villain is a rich guy concept which America loves according Gittell.