Renowned for his ongoing series “Salad Fingers”, David Firth delivers yet another mind-twisting short film, “Cream.” The majority of the film is written, acted, and animated by the talent of Firth himself. However, for this project he is joined by musician Steven Ellison, whose artist name is Flying Lotus. Ellison contributed parts of the soundtrack and a few lines of background characters. This partnership yielded a nightmarish yet mesmerizing product that is sure to send viewers on a thought-provoking journey. The story starts when scientist Dr. Bellifer introduces the world to his latest revolutionary invention Cream, the “everything-fixer.” This product can repair anything from a broken leg to the engine of a car and, consequently, renders
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from the Paris Climate Agreement – a unified effort by nearly 200 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the effects of climate change. President Trump’s opinion towards climate change is made apparent by this action as the U.S. alone is one of the largest contributors of emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) website was recently revised “to reflect the agency’s priorities under the Trump administration,” and as a result, nearly half of the site’s pages – consisting of numerous scientific articles and instructions for cities on how to become more environmentally friendly – were omitted from the website (Friedman). This removal of information is an attempt to hide official confirmations that the effects of climate change are a reality and need to be acknowledged and protract the ideals of President …show more content…
This concept of powerful figures influencing the opinion of the general public is described by the New World Order Theory. The E.P.A.’s removal of online information on climate change in accordance to the Trump administration and the attempt of China’s government workers to create misleading posts to distract its population prove to be similar in regard to this concept and Firth’s film. Continually in the presence of social networking sites, television, and news, as a society we are required to develop an understanding the credibility of what we observe. In the words human rights activist Malcom X, “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the
from the Paris Climate Agreement – a unified effort by nearly 200 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the effects of climate change. President Trump’s opinion towards climate change is made apparent by this action as the U.S. alone is one of the largest contributors of emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) website was recently revised “to reflect the agency’s priorities under the Trump administration,” and as a result, nearly half of the site’s pages – consisting of numerous scientific articles and instructions for cities on how to become more environmentally friendly – were omitted from the website (Friedman). This removal of information is an attempt to hide official confirmations that the effects of climate change are a reality and need to be acknowledged and protract the ideals of President …show more content…
This concept of powerful figures influencing the opinion of the general public is described by the New World Order Theory. The E.P.A.’s removal of online information on climate change in accordance to the Trump administration and the attempt of China’s government workers to create misleading posts to distract its population prove to be similar in regard to this concept and Firth’s film. Continually in the presence of social networking sites, television, and news, as a society we are required to develop an understanding the credibility of what we observe. In the words human rights activist Malcom X, “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the