Movie Satire In The Last Supper
The Last Supper –movie satire
What is being satirized ?
HUMAN NATURE Although this is very general, I believe that human nature is being satirized in this film. To be more specific : Intolerance to different views( hypocrisy in this case); Ironically the 5 liberals and their plan goes against one of the major ideas they should be supporting as liberals, that being: “FREEDOM OF SPEECH”. While “making the world a better place” , the “grad-students” , take away from the people they are killing, the right to have their own opinion; “you are entitled to your own opinion” is a hypocritical comment one of the students makes before murdering another conservatist . While being so caught up with being right, they fail to acknowledge their mistake …show more content…
The students invite the guests with an already planned ending for all of them: death. They are in continuous disagreement with them in order to find something that they , in turn, see as wrong and reason the death of the guest , this taking some of the guilt off their shoulders and considering it a “good gest for society” .At the slightest “counter-idea” they hurry the dinner and get to the exciting part of it by using phrases such as: “it’s time for dessert “.In the movie ,this is seen in the scene where the anti ecologist gradually considers their point of view as well and starts rethinking; confused of him agreeing to the libertarian …show more content…
This could also mean that the students represent only two apostles :Judas(who betrayed Jesus) and Peter (who denies he knows him ) ;While Jesus is aware of his sacrification , the guests aren’t .
The guests are also served “very good food” as it will be their last meal .
PARADOXICAL ENDING
Unlike most movies where good always wins over bad in the end, “The last supper” ends by having Norman –(the very conservatist celebrity that is present in short scenes throughout the movie ,watched and critiqued by the students ) killing the 5 students with their own weapon and later describing himself as a “humble ,humble servant” in his presidential campaign.
Why is it being satirized?
1) I believe that the director is trying to say that both the right and left wing /wingers can become evil/ harmful when taken to the extreme :extreme conservatists ( the guests) and extreme liberalists(the
What is being satirized ?
HUMAN NATURE Although this is very general, I believe that human nature is being satirized in this film. To be more specific : Intolerance to different views( hypocrisy in this case); Ironically the 5 liberals and their plan goes against one of the major ideas they should be supporting as liberals, that being: “FREEDOM OF SPEECH”. While “making the world a better place” , the “grad-students” , take away from the people they are killing, the right to have their own opinion; “you are entitled to your own opinion” is a hypocritical comment one of the students makes before murdering another conservatist . While being so caught up with being right, they fail to acknowledge their mistake …show more content…
The students invite the guests with an already planned ending for all of them: death. They are in continuous disagreement with them in order to find something that they , in turn, see as wrong and reason the death of the guest , this taking some of the guilt off their shoulders and considering it a “good gest for society” .At the slightest “counter-idea” they hurry the dinner and get to the exciting part of it by using phrases such as: “it’s time for dessert “.In the movie ,this is seen in the scene where the anti ecologist gradually considers their point of view as well and starts rethinking; confused of him agreeing to the libertarian …show more content…
This could also mean that the students represent only two apostles :Judas(who betrayed Jesus) and Peter (who denies he knows him ) ;While Jesus is aware of his sacrification , the guests aren’t .
The guests are also served “very good food” as it will be their last meal .
PARADOXICAL ENDING
Unlike most movies where good always wins over bad in the end, “The last supper” ends by having Norman –(the very conservatist celebrity that is present in short scenes throughout the movie ,watched and critiqued by the students ) killing the 5 students with their own weapon and later describing himself as a “humble ,humble servant” in his presidential campaign.
Why is it being satirized?
1) I believe that the director is trying to say that both the right and left wing /wingers can become evil/ harmful when taken to the extreme :extreme conservatists ( the guests) and extreme liberalists(the