spectatorshit x

Spectating self theory

• when we watch a film we do from the perspective of many different self

Four spectating selves

• cultural

• Social

• Desiring

• Private

Cultural self

• ‘Gets’ references and meanings generated by the memory of other films/news

Social self

• gains satisfaction from having the same reaction as others with similar values

Desiring self

• unconscious responses that have little to do with the surface content

Private self

• personal and unique responses due to relating

Why did joker get criticism?

• stylised portrayal of urban alientation and class conflict

• Incel hero?

• Villinising mental healthy

Context

• late 70s-90s in US

• Rising crime rates, impacts of poverty

• Anti capitalist

• Considered risk by studios

• Wayne = trump

Occupy Wall St.

• peaceful, legal protest

• Aftermath of financial crisis

• Angry at wealthy and bankers

• Anti-establishment = pepper spraying/unnecessary force

• Divide between institutions - felt silenced society frustrated