Extension English Assignment – Appropriation texts of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ “Appropriation has merit in exposing the influence of context in maintaining or changing cultural values” With the practice of taking older texts and transforming characters‚ plots‚ themes and situations‚ they are able to be translated into a more modern context in which younger generations are able to understand. But inevitably when an appropriation is viewed‚ we are aware that values
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Most think that cultural appropriation only happens to African Americans‚ Asians‚ or anyone that isn’t white. But that’s highly untrue. In fact‚ the LGBTQA community is often misrepresented in the media. Maybe not as often‚ but‚ they are. For example‚ this article on the Huffington Post‚ Jules Horowitz‚ a transgender himself‚ explains that transpeople need to be involved in telling trans-stories. Hollywood has only really put one famous Transperson in the centre of the media when it comes to acting
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Many people who are guilty to cultural appropriation are not aware that they have crossed the boundary‚ and are not longer appreciating the culture. Imitating traits of a minority or part of a minority’s culture for one’s own personal gain‚ is not appreciation—it is appropriation. Appropriation is considered offensive‚ as rude as Draco Malfoy is to his Muggle-born peers. If it is for one’s own personal agenda‚ for
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things- it can also be somewhat destructive in terms of copyright and appropriation. In this day in age where the world is full of so many diverse styles of artists‚ the entire new age art industry is being challenged with the simple statement: “everything has been done”. Due to this unfortunately true fact that relevance in the art industry is loosely based on the creation of “new”‚ never-been-done-before work‚ “appropriation art” has become an interesting new form of work that many artists and
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article titled “To the New Culture Cops‚ Everything is Appropriation” she discusses her view on cultural appropriation and how it hurts diversity‚ art and ignores history. Young gives examples of incidents where artists incorporate elements of other cultures in their artwork and receive backlash as a result. Weather it be a tribute‚ historically accurate or a harmless work of art it seems that artists are being accused of cultural appropriation as soon as they step out of their own cultural experience
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Roberto Colon White appropriation of Black Music When thinking about the beginnings of rock and roll‚ you have to keep in mind that when this happened there was still a great amount of racism in the United States. People often forget how white artists such as Elvis Presley stole music from black artists and made big profits from them. Blues has to be considered as one of the most influential genres in rock and roll. Blues was a way for the black community to vent and express their feelings
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Appropriation is a twentieth century arts phenomena adopted by many visual artists‚ whereby artwork‚ imagery‚ icons and styles are borrowed to create a new artwork. Gordon Bennett is an indigenous Australian who appropriates art styles and imagery to create his art. He used oil and acrylic paint on canvas to create The Outsider (1988)‚ which was a reflection on his own identity and indigenous issues. Bennett incorporates Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Starry Night (1889) and Bedroom At Arles (1888)‚ Romanesque
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Despite some beliefs‚ Dana Schutz’s painting is not an instance of cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is defined as somebody adopting aspects of a culture that is not their own and Dana is not adopting‚ mocking or taking away from another culture. Instead‚ she is using her privilege in a positive way. As a white-women‚ Dana has the ability to display her painting in a museum‚ bringing light to this tragedy that occurred. If Dana did not use her privilege to display this painting‚ then
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Australian contemporary artist Gordon Bennett’s acrylic painting Camouflage #7‚ references the war in Iraq and issues of secrecy‚ depicting the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Evident in Bennet’s incorporation of appropriation art in his creative method‚ ‘remix culture’ enables artists to open up and re-define the way language and images construct identity and history. An interdisciplinary art practice consisting of painting‚ print‚ photography‚ installation and performance reflects how Bennett
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"The Taming of the Shrew" into the modern day teen flick "10 Things I Hate About You" ‚ whilst still being able to keep the key themes and values evident throughout the film. The themes and values present in The Taming of the Shrew for the appropriation to be successful needed to be evident in 10 Things I Hate About You. These included romance and marriage‚ the importance of money‚ social order and status‚ patriarchal values and finally transformation. To represent and to appeal to today’s
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