12-02-2015, 09:29 AM
(12-02-2015, 08:40 AM)jsgrimm45 Wrote:(12-02-2015, 08:33 AM)Adriano Neres Rodrigues Wrote: In more generic view, I think there are two important things to be considered in this debate.Had not thought about the other counties point, opens up other ideas, but as I don't know these points it will have to be forum members like you to point them out. Are there others you see? Could add to @irukandji thread.
The first one is that TV and TV shows are powerful tools to be used for propaganda. I am pretty sure the owners of TV companies and the TV show writers now it and use it.
Considering this, this thread would be not about if there is or there isn’t disguised social Commentary in grimm, but what ideas are being sold in grimm disguised as entertainment.
The second point is the other side of the same coin. Grimm is written to be aired in many countries. I am pretty sure the writers think about it when writing the show. The consequences of this are that the show must be as neutral as possible so it can be aired in other countries.
An example of this point is the gun use by civilian public. I think it is common in USA (at least more common than in Brazil). In Brazil (for example) it is legally forbidden for civilians to use weapons. To fit both cultures, probably the writers choose to limit guns only to the law enforcement most of the time.
This is just one example. I believe this happens considering other countries and other subjects. I don’t think the writers go in deep in the details like: ohhh in Brazil it is forbidden and in Europe it is legal and go on… But I think the writers try to be as neutral as possible so they don’t need to think about those things.
My point is that certainly there is propaganda of some ideas in Grimm, but those must be indirectly and apparently almost neutral so the show can be sold around the world.
The gun issue might also be attributable to wesen characteristics. For some types of wesen it seems like it would be difficult or even impossible to hold and fire a weapon like that when they are vogued or voguing. In other cases I think they instinctively prefer to kill with their own hands. I remember Monroe leaving Nick during the first episode of the show because he was worried about losing control of himself. Some wesen also have some very rigid ideas about honor that seem to make them prone to ritualized killing that would probably preclude such violence.