In the Podcast, Dr. Bezio discussed the idea that there is no such thing as “just entertainment”. By this, she meant that all forms of entertainment, whether it be books, movies, music, art, etc. have some sort of message that it is trying to convey, and it does this through how it is drawn, the words used in writings, etc. I think this idea is interesting as it could be applied to our last conversation about the importance of pop culture. In the forms of entertainment as espoused by pop cultures, such as through its music, movies, writings, etc, there are messages, for as forms of entertainment, they carry messages. I think having The Yellow Wallpaper as an additional reading with this podcast is interesting. In this story, the aspect I found most interesting was the narrator’s constant return to describing the wallpaper and saying how it is ugly and peeling and disgusting. To me personally, I interpreted the wallpaper as being a reflection of the state of the woman, for in between her descriptions of the wallpaper, she describes how her husband has diagnosed her with “nervousness”, and the acts of him to dismiss her potential illness and instead take her to the house and spend time there. It is in this reflection that I see the wallpaper as like the woman; both are starting to wither away, neither is being helped, and instead of being ignored and left alone to themselves. Thus, in the entertainment of this writing in describing the wallpaper and telling the story, the author creates the message of the dismissal of woman, and in the case of this woman, the falling apart of herself. This story shows how descriptions, which seem on the surface simply for entertainment, carry a strong message in the words, with their meaning and descriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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