As a society, parents and teachers try to teach us, children the difference between what’s ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. And as Wardekker puts it, human beings are meaning-givers (2004) – we attempt to define what is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ about our thoughts and actions, as well as what is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ of ourselves and others.
Through the film (Red Light Revolution), I learnt that pride, specifically face value is very important in the Chinese culture. Moreover, I also learn that sex is a relatively taboo topic amongst the Chinese, despite having thousands over sex shops available all over Beijing and knowing that sex toys are being manufactured in China at large quantities, both to be distributed locally and internationally. In my opinion, this film …show more content…
For instance, the film initiate that selling sex toys is immoral, and Shun Zi had to hide such business from the authorities (less focused on the permit issue, but more of hiding ‘obscene objects). The site visit on the other hand, depicts a verbal and visionary scene of what is right and wrong, and how we should fee about certain acts. Though both the film and site shared some similarities, they differ in the method of transmitting the message. In my opinion, the film communicated its ideas on morality implicitly, by showing how Shun Zi’s parents and society feel about the sex toy publically (in broad day light). Through out the movie, I was not able to notice his parents telling him that it was wrong, but instead his father only told him that it would bring shame to the family name (hinting that it was wrong). Haw Par Villa in contrast showed an explicit method of transmitting the message, where it listed the things that one should not be doing. Thus, unlike how the film can be interpreted differently by different people, I felt that the site state it clearly, what one should do (or not
Through the film (Red Light Revolution), I learnt that pride, specifically face value is very important in the Chinese culture. Moreover, I also learn that sex is a relatively taboo topic amongst the Chinese, despite having thousands over sex shops available all over Beijing and knowing that sex toys are being manufactured in China at large quantities, both to be distributed locally and internationally. In my opinion, this film …show more content…
For instance, the film initiate that selling sex toys is immoral, and Shun Zi had to hide such business from the authorities (less focused on the permit issue, but more of hiding ‘obscene objects). The site visit on the other hand, depicts a verbal and visionary scene of what is right and wrong, and how we should fee about certain acts. Though both the film and site shared some similarities, they differ in the method of transmitting the message. In my opinion, the film communicated its ideas on morality implicitly, by showing how Shun Zi’s parents and society feel about the sex toy publically (in broad day light). Through out the movie, I was not able to notice his parents telling him that it was wrong, but instead his father only told him that it would bring shame to the family name (hinting that it was wrong). Haw Par Villa in contrast showed an explicit method of transmitting the message, where it listed the things that one should not be doing. Thus, unlike how the film can be interpreted differently by different people, I felt that the site state it clearly, what one should do (or not