The movie Beasts of a Southern Wild, directed by American filmmaker, composer and animator Benh Zeitlin, takes place in a forgotten bayou town called the Bathtub. Hushpuppy, a naïve six year old, lives with Wink, her hotheaded drunkard father in a rusty shack. When Wink develops a mysterious disease and Mother Nature goes haywire, making ice caps melt and an enormous storm, Hushpuppy thinks that the two are related in some way. Hushpuppy’s world comes crashing down around her as large archaic creatures called aurochs are freed from the melting ice caps and are slowly making their way towards her, the storm waters are rising and her father’s health withers. Moviegoers should watch Beasts of a Southern Wild because it is a work art that is not frequently produced by Hollywood, it realistically tells the story of people who are fighting against nature, and it effectively portrays poverty without sugar coating or giving away typical and sometimes upsetting stereotypes.
Eli Hager has a similar opinion on Beasts of the Southern Wild as I do as stated in his critique, A Second Look at Beasts of the Southern Wild and the “Poverty Porn” Critique. Hager believes that people should watch the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. According to Hager not telling the story that this film tells would be “such an enormous shame” (Hager). According to Hager …show more content…
In her work No Love In the Wild, hooks explains her, what seems like, disgust in the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. hooks approximates the movie to “a crude pornography of violence” and states that viewers are overlooking “violence” and “eroticization of children”. hooks does acknowledge opposing viewpoints throughout her work. While I do understand how someone could come to such a conclusion about Beasts of the Southern Wild I believe that hooks comes off a bit closed minded especially with the use of words such as “outraged” to describe her reaction to the
Eli Hager has a similar opinion on Beasts of the Southern Wild as I do as stated in his critique, A Second Look at Beasts of the Southern Wild and the “Poverty Porn” Critique. Hager believes that people should watch the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. According to Hager not telling the story that this film tells would be “such an enormous shame” (Hager). According to Hager …show more content…
In her work No Love In the Wild, hooks explains her, what seems like, disgust in the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. hooks approximates the movie to “a crude pornography of violence” and states that viewers are overlooking “violence” and “eroticization of children”. hooks does acknowledge opposing viewpoints throughout her work. While I do understand how someone could come to such a conclusion about Beasts of the Southern Wild I believe that hooks comes off a bit closed minded especially with the use of words such as “outraged” to describe her reaction to the