Historical Film
Intro
The genre of historical film has been attacked and belittled. I will briefly describe some of the antagonistic views of this genre.
Thesis: Historical films, when used properly, can bolster society’s historical understanding as well as have a positive influence for change.
Body
Bolstering society’s historical understanding
- Presents differing viewpoints
- Movies allow un-told stories to be told
- Sets, props, costumes, etc.
Positive influence for change
- Movies often portray the “controversial” events in history and entertain while allowing people to take home a message
- Example of the movie “Glory”:Taught about the effects of stereotypes, racism, determination, courage, power of ideas, etc. Generated a lot of interest in the topic
Conclusion
Draw everything together to discuss that historical movies can be effective at teaching history under certain circumstances
Basically....none of the above. I think that I could easily take my paper in a counterpoint-point style of argument. I have read a little bit about both sides of this argument and I know that many people still dislike historical movies for many reasons. I can bring up their claims and rebut them for my arguments listed above.
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