COMS 356 Extra Credit Assignment
You will probably need access to Netflix or a place where you can rent the following film. If you don’t have Netflix it is possible to start a week long free trial without any charges. You need to watch the movie “Hot Fuzz” starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. After viewing this film you will create a 2-3 page paper answering any of the following questions. You do not need to answer all the questions, answer the ones that you think are the most impactful and interesting to you. This can be worth up to 5 points of extra credit (the equivalent of an extra reading response). While this is presented to you in the week 15 module it isn’t due till the end of the semester.
- How are sex and gender portrayed in the police department?
- Does this differ from how these concepts are portrayed in the village?
- How is space utilized throughout the film? Does it indicate differences in power?
- Do hybrid spaces or cultures exist in this film?
- From what definition of culture would you study the culture of Sandford from and why?
- Choose a primary conflict from this film and analyze it from a micro, meso, or macro level.
- What role does power play within the cultures presented in this film?
- Does media play a role in how these the characters experience their cultures in this film?
