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Learning Team Assignment: Tracking the Intersection of Culture and Media

• Choose a form of popular media that your Learning Team is passionate about. The media may be music, a book, or a movie.

• Discuss why the media is more than just entertainment.

• Write a thesis sentence stating how and why the media's value extends beyond entertainment value. The thesis must include why it is a legitimate form of popular culture. Keep in mind factors such as influence and controversy.

• Write a 250- to 350-word introductory paragraph, which includes points that would be used in a paper to support your thesis statement.

Movie chosen:

Passion of The Christ

This movie is both influential and controversial

Influential - for Christians

Controversial - Jewish movement to ban its release

Mel Gibson's Jewish slur

This extends to the Christian values - regarding religious content

Pop culture - Christianity is the foundation of the United States- atheists and agnostics alike were offended by the religious content.

This movie contained sub-titles - this goes beyond entertainment value

THESIS STATEMENT:

While the story behind the Passion of The Christ promotes Christianity, the Jewish religion contradicts the credibility of the story behind the Passion of The Christ.

The film is subitled, as it was largely shot in the languages of the period, Aramaic and Latin.

Passion of the Christ goes far beyond entertainment value because it mainly centers around Christian values. Many in the Jewish culture felt that the Passion of the Christ promoted anti-semetism, which developed a lot of controversy towards the film; however, most would agree that the film was more about the sacrifice Jesus went through to save humanity than it was about the people who martyred him.

Passionate because it is undeniable and underwhelming because it is so honest and attentive, tempting you to look...