Comments on: Manipulation http://serenae.com/2007/04/06/manipulation/ Freelance Creativity Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: B&B » Blog Archive » “And to make an end is to make a beginning.” -T.S. Eliot http://serenae.com/2007/04/06/manipulation/comment-page-1/#comment-146 B&B » Blog Archive » “And to make an end is to make a beginning.” -T.S. Eliot Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:07:38 +0000 http://serena.umwblogs.org/2007/04/06/manipulation/#comment-146 [...] Now to the blogs: Serena, in her blog post about manipulation, support the idea that the viewer is in fact manipulated by the movies. She says that it is “part of the film-viewing experience”. If we know that we are always being manipulated and prodded towards some emotional response, then we may always be aware of the elements that make us feel a certain way. I am unsure if that is always the case and I think ideas and emotions need to be taken into consideration, especially when watching a movie that is concerned with the construction and destruction of the truth like The Thin Blue Line. [...] [...] Now to the blogs: Serena, in her blog post about manipulation, support the idea that the viewer is in fact manipulated by the movies. She says that it is “part of the film-viewing experience”. If we know that we are always being manipulated and prodded towards some emotional response, then we may always be aware of the elements that make us feel a certain way. I am unsure if that is always the case and I think ideas and emotions need to be taken into consideration, especially when watching a movie that is concerned with the construction and destruction of the truth like The Thin Blue Line. [...]

]]> By: Serena http://serenae.com/2007/04/06/manipulation/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Serena Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:29:04 +0000 http://serena.umwblogs.org/2007/04/06/manipulation/#comment-145 But what about the two most important definitions? 2a. To process, organize, or operate on mentally or logically; to handle with mental or intellectual skill. 3a. To manage, control, or influence in a subtle, devious, or underhand manner. But what about the two most important definitions?

2a. To process, organize, or operate on mentally or logically; to handle with mental or intellectual skill.

3a. To manage, control, or influence in a subtle, devious, or underhand manner.

]]> By: Carmen http://serenae.com/2007/04/06/manipulation/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Carmen Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:49:26 +0000 http://serena.umwblogs.org/2007/04/06/manipulation/#comment-144 I'll come out and say it-I know I'm being manipulated and I don't mind-because I know it. Manipulation may not be the best word to describe the dynamic that occurs when one watches a movie. Maybe provocation is a better term. Whatever you want to call it, it's just semantics. The important thing is that a successful movie will provoke a response from the viewer. Why would you go to a movie otherwise? I posit that the inherent expectation is to be manipulated, provoked, traumatized, whatever. You need to feel something. The online version of the OED has some interesting definitions of manipulate (some of which I was not aware of): 1b. To handle, esp. with skill or dexterity; to turn, reposition, reshape, etc., manually or by means of a tool or machine. 1c. To stimulate sexually with the hand (in quot. 1991, with the tongue). Also refl.: to masturbate. 2c. Computing. To carry out operations on (data) automatically or with the aid of a machine. There are others but these are the most poignant to me. Serena, I think you're onto something with this manipulation thing. I’ll come out and say it-I know I’m being manipulated and I don’t mind-because I know it. Manipulation may not be the best word to describe the dynamic that occurs when one watches a movie. Maybe provocation is a better term. Whatever you want to call it, it’s just semantics. The important thing is that a successful movie will provoke a response from the viewer. Why would you go to a movie otherwise? I posit that the inherent expectation is to be manipulated, provoked, traumatized, whatever. You need to feel something. The online version of the OED has some interesting definitions of manipulate (some of which I was not aware of):

1b. To handle, esp. with skill or dexterity; to turn, reposition, reshape, etc., manually or by means of a tool or machine.

1c. To stimulate sexually with the hand (in quot. 1991, with the tongue). Also refl.: to masturbate.

2c. Computing. To carry out operations on (data) automatically or with the aid of a machine.

There are others but these are the most poignant to me. Serena, I think you’re onto something with this manipulation thing.

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