This is trying to raise awareness of the work that goes on behind the scenes of major productions. Even though you could say this is a little over exaggerated it still does a good job showing the dangers people face in those type of factories. The Simpsons put this on air about their own show, which I dont exactly understand, because it seems like it is trying to make people feel bad for liking their show and buying their products so in my opinion it hurts their ethos, but it does use a lot of pathos because it appeals to the emotions and makes you feel bad for the workers in the factory.
I can agree with what Carlie is saying. Not only does this brief intro to the show us the dangers that factories have but It also shows us what people would go through throughout the clip. They use a lot of pathos because you can see the emotions people have with working in a factory.
Banksy's version of The Simpson's intro is an obviously hyperbolic take on the outsourced working conditions involved in animating and producing The Simpsons. While it does bring to light the poor shape of sweatshop labour through images of making merchandise and animation cells, it more lampoons the critism that outsourcing garners through humour. The Simpsons, and Banksy in particular in this case, are co-opting critiques of poor labour conditions for outsourced employees with levity and comedy. It is clear, though, that Banksy's use of pathos is pulling for your sympathy. His use of ethos is attempting to raise your thoughts on sweatshop labour and human rights violations just by simply putting it out there, and if you are familiar with Banksy's body of work, you know that he specializes in the ethos of social activism.
I feel that this show shoes everything that happens in the background to make one of the greatest animation videos in the american public. I also feel that it shows what some people might go through just to be able to survive just like the so call "sweat shops". This clearly demonstrates pathos because they clearly want people to see what could happen or even happening as of right now. They want us to feel sorry for them so that we could probably do something about it.They want to raise awareness about companies that use sweat shops to make a quick dollar like the NIKE company. It shows the violations of human rights and i feel we should do something about it.
I also believe that this show is taking a satirical view on the way large companies outsource their manufacturers to other countries. They showed how the conditions may sometimes be and how all the workers feel and are treated but they put a humorous twist to many points of it. Such as how they had the workers have a panda pull a cart full of Bart dolls or how they used a dead dolphins head to help shut boxes. These are great pieces because the panda is very common in Asian countries and to have the workers put them to work is pretty funny. The Japanese also have been known to hunt dolphins and to add them shutting a box by using the dolphins tongue I thought was really clever.
I agree with tuckercreek, there is clearly a satirical approach being used. This commercial is trying to make awareness and criticize the faults of big picture production companies of what goes on behind the scenes of making these kinds of shows. They are relating something that is appealing and obviously funny to people like the Simpsons to something horrible and inhumane, which is the work that goes behind the scenes, like sweatshops. Pathos is clearly being used because this commercial causes sympathy and sadness toward the people that have to work in these conditions, so this is definitely going to appeal to the people and make them find justice.
Shocking! Over decades since the Simpsons came out, the critics have been saying that the reason this cartoon gets good feedback is not only it is silly and funny, but it actually makes many references to the issues of our society and the world. This opening credit definitely reflects the hard works of the Chinese factory workers (you can tell that they are Chinese by many symbols such as the Panda and Unicorn). The social issue behind this is that major production companies get their toys from china where the working wages are much cheaper than anywhere else in the world. The gory music and by the look of the people's faces are in contrast to the actual opening credit and it makes a direct parallelism with the factory that Homer works in. This is definitely leaning more towards the pathos of the audience to bring attention to the world's issue through a popular show like The Simpsons. Also the music and the pictures is taking the people to the place, giving them better sense of how the behind our entertainment comes all the work and discrimination. This is aiming kairos so that people would understand better.
I agree with Silver, this commercial is appealing the the emotions of American's for Chinese factory workers. I also agree with all of the things Silver noticed that makes it Chinese, such as the panda and Chinese symbols. This commercial was not only looking at Chinese factory workers but was touching on the issue of child labor in China and children making American goods. This depicted children working until their death to make the goods we use every day. By showing the skulls and playing sorrowful music, this was appealing to the emotions of Americans to address the problem.
One of the greatest things about The Simpsons is that they are one of the few t.v. shows that can brutally point out the faults of their own broadcasting company and get away with it. Having been on the air for 20+ years, an audience is no problem for a show like The Simpsons, most likely generally appealing to the age group 13-30. This also establishes a great deal of ethos, for only a clever and funny satirical show can be on the air for so long. Being a kid who grew up watching the show all my life, The Simpsons has always seemed to cause controversy with its satirical depictions such as this. As stated above, pathos is used a great deal to draw attention to some of the poor work conditions in counties with few to no labor laws such as China. Using pathos can cause citizen's awareness and pity for labor industries such as these. However, the show also cleverly uses much logos with their subtle images of specific problems. The crowded work areas with bandaged employees represents China’s domination in industry due to high population, and the children dealing with toxic material points out safety hazards that often go ignored without child-labor laws. Then an exaggeration of animal abuse with the shredding of cats and use of dolphin heads allows animal rights activists to try and convince the rest of the world the Chinese culture is immoral for harming specific animals. I felt the strongest message was the use of kairos at the end of the scene, where the 20th Century Fox logo was shown decayed and broken. This does not represent the actual decay of the company, but its moral decay caused from abuse of China’s industries for their merchandising. (Sorry this is so long, I love The Simpsons)
I pretty much agree with all of these, everyone is basically saying the same thing over and over again. The only thing I’ll add is that at the beginning it looks like an ordinary Simpsons show, to pull you in, than it takes you in and shows you the “process” of how it’s done. By using a bunch of sarcasm and hyperbole, and I too think it’s clever how they incorporated “our idea and image” of a sweat shop in exaggerate form and the use of a sorrowful musical background that tied in all the mournful emotions.
An interesting take that this "Banksy" character has taken on the Simpsons. He uses the usual Simpson intro to appeal to the general Simpson audience, taking it into an unforeseen twist into a factory. Depicting miserable Chinese workers, as can be assumed through the usage of the panda. The apparent theme being the Simpson use of outsourcing in china, and the apparent use of child labor in the video. However in the video the workers are not using tools, but rather animals that are endangered species and mythological. The use of the panda shows it as a slave, while the dolphin is used to seal boxes with it's head. This symbolizes the reckless and abusive treatment that the Simpsons, through this video, have been accused of doing to the environment in China. In addition the use of the starving and simply hopeless unicorn preys upon the idea that the Simpsons destroy the hopes and dreams of the Chinese workers, as unicorn's are dream like and mythological. Furthermore, as all have said this is a direct appeal to pathos when considering the emotional setting and the way it evokes sadness to the audience.
This isn't a normal Simpsons introduction. It is clear that they are trying to get the audience to think about chinese factory workers and how horrible they're work life really is. I agree with Justin when he says that the video has a direct appeal to pathos, making the audience feel sad. I think the use of the animals was a good way to evoke emotions in the audience because most people love animals.
The into using the dolphins head pokes at the fact that the chinese almost completely wiped out the yangtze River dolphin from human activity. The inhumane factory conditions also portrays a tyrant communist government for even allowing such poor conditions.
It's obvious this clip is showing the hardships and the slave labor put on the workers in third world countries and in sweat shops. the malnurishment and scavaging for food as the unicorn and mouse do in this clip. all this just to bring you mass produced goods from the name brands we get off the shelf in the mall. this won't stop us from shopping though. even with the animals being killed and skinned to make coats or stuffing for dolls.
This is trying to raise awareness of the work that goes on behind the scenes of major productions. Even though you could say this is a little over exaggerated it still does a good job showing the dangers people face in those type of factories. The Simpsons put this on air about their own show, which I dont exactly understand, because it seems like it is trying to make people feel bad for liking their show and buying their products so in my opinion it hurts their ethos, but it does use a lot of pathos because it appeals to the emotions and makes you feel bad for the workers in the factory.
ReplyDeleteI can agree with what Carlie is saying. Not only does this brief intro to the show us the dangers that factories have but It also shows us what people would go through throughout the clip. They use a lot of pathos because you can see the emotions people have with working in a factory.
ReplyDeleteBanksy's version of The Simpson's intro is an obviously hyperbolic take on the outsourced working conditions involved in animating and producing The Simpsons. While it does bring to light the poor shape of sweatshop labour through images of making merchandise and animation cells, it more lampoons the critism that outsourcing garners through humour. The Simpsons, and Banksy in particular in this case, are co-opting critiques of poor labour conditions for outsourced employees with levity and comedy. It is clear, though, that Banksy's use of pathos is pulling for your sympathy. His use of ethos is attempting to raise your thoughts on sweatshop labour and human rights violations just by simply putting it out there, and if you are familiar with Banksy's body of work, you know that he specializes in the ethos of social activism.
ReplyDeleteI feel that this show shoes everything that happens in the background to make one of the greatest animation videos in the american public. I also feel that it shows what some people might go through just to be able to survive just like the so call "sweat shops". This clearly demonstrates pathos because they clearly want people to see what could happen or even happening as of right now. They want us to feel sorry for them so that we could probably do something about it.They want to raise awareness about companies that use sweat shops to make a quick dollar like the NIKE company. It shows the violations of human rights and i feel we should do something about it.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that this show is taking a satirical view on the way large companies outsource their manufacturers to other countries. They showed how the conditions may sometimes be and how all the workers feel and are treated but they put a humorous twist to many points of it. Such as how they had the workers have a panda pull a cart full of Bart dolls or how they used a dead dolphins head to help shut boxes. These are great pieces because the panda is very common in Asian countries and to have the workers put them to work is pretty funny. The Japanese also have been known to hunt dolphins and to add them shutting a box by using the dolphins tongue I thought was really clever.
ReplyDeleteI agree with tuckercreek, there is clearly a satirical approach being used. This commercial is trying to make awareness and criticize the faults of big picture production companies of what goes on behind the scenes of making these kinds of shows. They are relating something that is appealing and obviously funny to people like the Simpsons to something horrible and inhumane, which is the work that goes behind the scenes, like sweatshops. Pathos is clearly being used because this commercial causes sympathy and sadness toward the people that have to work in these conditions, so this is definitely going to appeal to the people and make them find justice.
ReplyDeleteShocking! Over decades since the Simpsons came out, the critics have been saying that the reason this cartoon gets good feedback is not only it is silly and funny, but it actually makes many references to the issues of our society and the world. This opening credit definitely reflects the hard works of the Chinese factory workers (you can tell that they are Chinese by many symbols such as the Panda and Unicorn). The social issue behind this is that major production companies get their toys from china where the working wages are much cheaper than anywhere else in the world. The gory music and by the look of the people's faces are in contrast to the actual opening credit and it makes a direct parallelism with the factory that Homer works in. This is definitely leaning more towards the pathos of the audience to bring attention to the world's issue through a popular show like The Simpsons. Also the music and the pictures is taking the people to the place, giving them better sense of how the behind our entertainment comes all the work and discrimination. This is aiming kairos so that people would understand better.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Silver, this commercial is appealing the the emotions of American's for Chinese factory workers. I also agree with all of the things Silver noticed that makes it Chinese, such as the panda and Chinese symbols. This commercial was not only looking at Chinese factory workers but was touching on the issue of child labor in China and children making American goods. This depicted children working until their death to make the goods we use every day. By showing the skulls and playing sorrowful music, this was appealing to the emotions of Americans to address the problem.
ReplyDeleteOne of the greatest things about The Simpsons is that they are one of the few t.v. shows that can brutally point out the faults of their own broadcasting company and get away with it. Having been on the air for 20+ years, an audience is no problem for a show like The Simpsons, most likely generally appealing to the age group 13-30. This also establishes a great deal of ethos, for only a clever and funny satirical show can be on the air for so long. Being a kid who grew up watching the show all my life, The Simpsons has always seemed to cause controversy with its satirical depictions such as this. As stated above, pathos is used a great deal to draw attention to some of the poor work conditions in counties with few to no labor laws such as China. Using pathos can cause citizen's awareness and pity for labor industries such as these. However, the show also cleverly uses much logos with their subtle images of specific problems. The crowded work areas with bandaged employees represents China’s domination in industry due to high population, and the children dealing with toxic material points out safety hazards that often go ignored without child-labor laws. Then an exaggeration of animal abuse with the shredding of cats and use of dolphin heads allows animal rights activists to try and convince the rest of the world the Chinese culture is immoral for harming specific animals. I felt the strongest message was the use of kairos at the end of the scene, where the 20th Century Fox logo was shown decayed and broken. This does not represent the actual decay of the company, but its moral decay caused from abuse of China’s industries for their merchandising. (Sorry this is so long, I love The Simpsons)
ReplyDeleteI pretty much agree with all of these, everyone is basically saying the same thing over and over again. The only thing I’ll add is that at the beginning it looks like an ordinary Simpsons show, to pull you in, than it takes you in and shows you the “process” of how it’s done. By using a bunch of sarcasm and hyperbole, and I too think it’s clever how they incorporated “our idea and image” of a sweat shop in exaggerate form and the use of a sorrowful musical background that tied in all the mournful emotions.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting take that this "Banksy" character has taken on the Simpsons. He uses the usual Simpson intro to appeal to the general Simpson audience, taking it into an unforeseen twist into a factory. Depicting miserable Chinese workers, as can be assumed through the usage of the panda. The apparent theme being the Simpson use of outsourcing in china, and the apparent use of child labor in the video. However in the video the workers are not using tools, but rather animals that are endangered species and mythological. The use of the panda shows it as a slave, while the dolphin is used to seal boxes with it's head. This symbolizes the reckless and abusive treatment that the Simpsons, through this video, have been accused of doing to the environment in China. In addition the use of the starving and simply hopeless unicorn preys upon the idea that the Simpsons destroy the hopes and dreams of the Chinese workers, as unicorn's are dream like and mythological. Furthermore, as all have said this is a direct appeal to pathos when considering the emotional setting and the way it evokes sadness to the audience.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't a normal Simpsons introduction. It is clear that they are trying to get the audience to think about chinese factory workers and how horrible they're work life really is. I agree with Justin when he says that the video has a direct appeal to pathos, making the audience feel sad. I think the use of the animals was a good way to evoke emotions in the audience because most people love animals.
ReplyDeleteThe into using the dolphins head pokes at the fact that the chinese almost completely wiped out the yangtze River dolphin from human activity. The inhumane factory conditions also portrays a tyrant communist government for even allowing such poor conditions.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious this clip is showing the hardships and the slave labor put on the workers in third world countries and in sweat shops. the malnurishment and scavaging for food as the unicorn and mouse do in this clip. all this just to bring you mass produced goods from the name brands we get off the shelf in the mall. this won't stop us from shopping though. even with the animals being killed and skinned to make coats or stuffing for dolls.
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