A true scandal is an action that is observed as unacceptable and generates public offense. Scandals have existed since the beginning of time, yet, throughout time they have varied because of new cultural standards. For example, a woman showing her ankles in medieval times would be considered taboo unlike today. However, regardless of the time, the speed of scandals entering the public eye is the same from the age of “A Face in the Crowd” as the modern days. A striking difference between times past and contemporary days is the emergence of social media and its effect of accelerating the recovery time for the public. This is clearly evident in the Romney and Trump scandals, which is a definite example of how Americans’ attention spans are getting
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The 1950’s film begins in a jail cell where Marsha, the radio owner’s daughter, tries to bring normal people on the radio to share their stories or songs. She comes across a drunk with a fiery personality and a raspy voice, which leads her to coin him with the name “Lonesome Roads.” The small town of Arkansas instantly falls in love with Lonesome and makes him popular enough that a tv show is created in his honor. The TV show becomes a nationwide hit and Roads is considered an A lister celebrity now. However, his newfound power goes to his head as he begins to betray everybody he cares about in order to get ahead in life. One day, after his tv show ends he begins to compare his viewers to sheep who mindlessly do whatever he asks of. Lonesome’s microphone was turned off until Marsha, the person who is responsible for his stardom, turns on the mic for the world to see his true colors. Immediately, America responds with pure hatred and promises that they will never support Lonesome Roads again. Roads, in the end, is left alone with everybody trying to dissociate themselves away from him.
“A Face in the Crowd” premiered in 1957, and shows an accurate representation of how a scandal occurs. The upcoming generations are unaware of how a scandal behaves in a world without the internet. There is no update on an iPhone to tell you about the latest congress …show more content…
The movie “A Face in the Crowd” takes place in the year 1957 where the internet does not exist, which eliminates the constant flow of information that is supplied by emerging websites like Facebook and Twitter. However the Romney scandal occurred in 2012, directly in the heart of the social media age. All of the news networks ran the story 24/7 for about a week, which made it the hot topic for the country. Many Americans were angry that somebody who wanted to represent all of the American people could blatantly disregard roughly half of the population as “government munchers.” Mitt Romney’s true colors were exposed to the American nation, which should have ended his career but thanks to the constant flow of information from the media the general public was distracted. Recently, it seems as if people have smaller attention spans and are unable to retain information long enough until a new story is introduced to
The 1950’s film begins in a jail cell where Marsha, the radio owner’s daughter, tries to bring normal people on the radio to share their stories or songs. She comes across a drunk with a fiery personality and a raspy voice, which leads her to coin him with the name “Lonesome Roads.” The small town of Arkansas instantly falls in love with Lonesome and makes him popular enough that a tv show is created in his honor. The TV show becomes a nationwide hit and Roads is considered an A lister celebrity now. However, his newfound power goes to his head as he begins to betray everybody he cares about in order to get ahead in life. One day, after his tv show ends he begins to compare his viewers to sheep who mindlessly do whatever he asks of. Lonesome’s microphone was turned off until Marsha, the person who is responsible for his stardom, turns on the mic for the world to see his true colors. Immediately, America responds with pure hatred and promises that they will never support Lonesome Roads again. Roads, in the end, is left alone with everybody trying to dissociate themselves away from him.
“A Face in the Crowd” premiered in 1957, and shows an accurate representation of how a scandal occurs. The upcoming generations are unaware of how a scandal behaves in a world without the internet. There is no update on an iPhone to tell you about the latest congress …show more content…
The movie “A Face in the Crowd” takes place in the year 1957 where the internet does not exist, which eliminates the constant flow of information that is supplied by emerging websites like Facebook and Twitter. However the Romney scandal occurred in 2012, directly in the heart of the social media age. All of the news networks ran the story 24/7 for about a week, which made it the hot topic for the country. Many Americans were angry that somebody who wanted to represent all of the American people could blatantly disregard roughly half of the population as “government munchers.” Mitt Romney’s true colors were exposed to the American nation, which should have ended his career but thanks to the constant flow of information from the media the general public was distracted. Recently, it seems as if people have smaller attention spans and are unable to retain information long enough until a new story is introduced to