Murderball Film Analysis

In her essay “On Being a Cripple”, Nancy Mairs presents her audience with an honest inside view of her life and perspective as a cripple, a word she openly uses to define herself. She brings her world to us by discussing a wide variety of things including language, family, and humor, and how these all relate to her life. Through various stories and insights, she allows her readers to gain an understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities. She examines the public’s view of the disabled, as well as the views they have of themselves, and compares them to her own. She makes it clear that she is not to be defined solely by her disability. In discussing honestly her views, as well as

The movie Murderball, is a documentary about the crazy sport called " quad rugby”. This sport can be very dangerous to most of the players since they are Quadriplegia which means most of the players are wheel chair bounded and have partial or total loss of use of all their limbs and torso. That doesn't stop the players who strive for the intensity, and thrill of the game of rugby. The movie goes into detail about how the main characters became quadriplegic, some were born with an illness, other became quadriplegic from horrible accidents. However, their disability does not stop them from striving to be amazing athletes, and pursuing gold medal in the Olympics.

Stories become a great influence on people as they view other people either on television or through a book as they explain their struggles or experiences. They should not view them as a negative perspective because of the media. In the article, “ Slippery Slopes: Media, Disability, and Adaptive Sport,” the author William Peace notes how the media shows disability out as “something to be miraculously and inspirationally ‘overcome’ with real consequences”(Peace 676). When taking a gander at somebody with an incapacity, people tend to believe that they are not ready to do the things that individuals with abled bodies can, which is false. While having an incapacity there are approaches to work around things. People don't have to surrender and

Individuals with a physical disability view disability culture in more personal and artistic contexts. Individuals with physical disabilities feel they construct a culture through encounters that shape individual identity and identity formation. They feel they have forged a group identity, share a common history of oppression and a common bond of resilience. Pride is a big part of their identity, and are very proud as people with disabilities. Therefore disability culture is a set of artifacts, beliefs, expressions created by disabled people themselves to describe their own life experiences. It is not primarily how they are treated, but what they have created (Darrow, 2013). They declare their membership within their social group, and recognize the objectifications they face, which oppresses them through social structures, individual attitudes and institutional practices. It should be recognized that they have a shared experience within society and the consequences of having a physical impairment result in a shared experience of oppression (Lawson, 2001).

Joe Soares archive footage has also been included in the documentary which displays his achievements in Quad Rugby .The lighting shows the medals and trophies he won. The sound track starts to change as we see his achievements go pass. The framing shows scenes of Mark Zupan and Joe Soares life as being busy and worth while living .The director shows Mark and Joe times that they have experienced throughout their quadriplegic life. They express their emotion which shows us how they feel about their condition and how they live their life .It has positioned me to feel that Joe and Mark are not progressing in life but as my views changed. Their life as a quadriplegic are not as bad as I thought it would be.

Recently, on the day of the talent show, I was asked to dance with a disabled student to a previous hit titled “Gangnam Style” by Psy. As we were practicing the dance, he started to tease me repeatedly and I wanted to say something, but I stopped myself because I knew it would not be acceptable. Although I knew he was socially challenged, I took offense to his comments and felt that he was acting inappropriately. David Birnbaum, writer of the essay, “The Catbird Seat”, which was published in the New York Times “Lives” section, argues that as a disabled person he is allowed to take advantage of his rights and has special privileges when the Americans with Disabilities Act is not fulfilled. Birnbaum’s essay discusses how he felt after becoming a quadriplegic and how the special treatment he receives equals up to what he has faced from being handicapped. Also, Birnbaum concluded his essay by describing the division between America’s social hierarchies. The writer intended to catch the minds of a more prestigious audience, particularly a group of scholars who have excess time to read the newspaper. Through personal experiences and an unapologetic tone, Birnbaum conveys his overall argument that the special privileges of the disabled community equal up to the pain and suffering they encounter on a daily basis.

For what it is, this documentary was powerful. Brought to screen by Marc Silver, cinematographer/documentary director. 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets is riveting and devastating. A deeply moving documentary about a subject that continues to plague America. Demonization of black lives and the deadly actions taken against them, by private citizens and law enforcement.

Good morning year 10 and Mrs Holland. Today I am here to discuss and analyse how human experience is represented in media texts and documentaries, including the documentary Bowling For Columbine and the Feature article Why Gun Control Loses, and Why Las Vegas Might Change That. Bowling for Columbine is a film based on the shooting that took place at Columbine high school in 1999, the film however was released three years after the massacre in 2002. Throughout the documentary Michael moore, the producer and director of the film, uses multiple visual techniques, language techniques and persuasive techniques to help convince viewers into feeling a sense of guilt and initiative against the gun laws in America. The feature article aims to achieve the same goal through different techniques.

Disability has appeared frequently in recent films (Byrd & Elliot, 1988), a reflection of society’s interest in the subject. These films often misrepresent disability using stereotypes. These stereotypes reinforce negative and incorrect social perceptions of, and attitudes towards,

The documentary is biased source of information because it only pertains to those who are paraplegic, and not to others who may be quadriplegic. One bias that should be made aware, is that not everyone who has a disability or physical impairment, will be able to engage in athletic events. The documentary may give off the impression that one may still be able to engage in physical activity, yet it may not be applicable to everyone, especially those who are quadriplegic. Another biases that may form, may be that people who are quadriplegic or paraplegic suffer from the same type of health issues. Although both types of people may rely on wheelchairs or a tool to assist in mobility, there is a major difference between the two. First, paraplegic and quadriplegic injuries both affect the spinal cord, yet those who are paraplegic are paralyze mainly from the waist down. Quadriplegics do have the ability to move all four limbs of the body as those who are paraplegic. By understanding these differences, one may be more aware of the different types of disabilities that are prevalent in our

It is estimated that 15% of the world’s population experience some form of disability, with the prevalence being much higher in developing countries . As such, it has been the case that this group repeatedly becomes the subject of [the media]. The depiction of the disabled in the media plays a key role in society’s perception of what it means to be disabled and is a reflection of the shifting discourses assigned to this group throughout

While watching the film, "Bowling for columbine" I realized that the filmmaker, Michael Moore spent a decent amount of time looking at the fact that by that white America is seemingly afraid of the black man. Michael Moore gives many examples, the first of which, I will be exploring right now, is the African bee or "killer bee."

To do this, I subvert and defy the genre conventions typically found within disability narratives and the science fiction genre. Both disability narratives and the science fiction genre presume that disability is anindividual problem that must be corrected. The science fiction genre typically approaches disability as something to be cured and frames disabled bodies and minds as “imperfect.” When looking at disability in science fiction media, technology “is an essential component in cure narratives” and “is often the ‘fix-all’ for whatever ails or deforms the body” (Allan). The genre convention of using technology in order to cure and fix disability operates on the assumption thatdisability is something intrinsic to the individual.

Sainsbury (1998) cites several examples of sports and leisure clubs for the people with disability in the early time of the

The Paralympics is an international multi-sporting event, which has a shortage of coverage in the media both internationally and in the United States. People in all nations have a lack of understanding and knowledge about the Paralympics being a globally recognized event. Usually the biggest events that are watched worldwide every four years are either the winter and summer Olympic games or the World Cup. There is a lack of excitement when it comes to the Paralympics. This may be due to the lack of coverage for the Paralympics; it hinders the possibility of the making it a bigger and more recognizable event.