Metaphors in art, music, tv, movies

[fabulouslyghetto]

theory: the saw series is a thinkpiece about our addiction to the (good parts of the) past. Tradition becomes as much a part of us as any limb and we cling to it as such. So our choice is to die entrappped with limbs/traditions in tact, or removal and moving forward without what we thought was a vital part of our lives, minus the limb but having gained invaluable knowledge, maybe even freedom in the process. And if you didnt catch the scathing commentary on our healthcare system and insurance companies you werent watching correctly.

 

[gsdx]

People love The Wizard of Oz, but few people realise that it is a metaphor for the political system of the United States:

Dorothy, the Kansas innocent, represents the nobility of middle (and Midwestern) America; the Tin Man is industry, the Scarecrow is agriculture. Mr. Baum depicted the bimetallism argument of the late 19th century waged between Eastern capitalist lenders and Midwestern farmer-borrowers through the use of colorful metaphor. Notice that the city Dorothy and friends seek is emerald green and the fraudulent Oz peers through green shades; the yellow brick road they follow there and Dorothy's silver slippers represent the argument over whether the United States should have a gold-and-silver or gold-only currency standard.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-schaller-0805-20150804-column.html

Gulliver's Travels, on the other hand, was a satirical metaphor for British society and politics of the day.

 

[rareboy]

The fall of the House of Usher.

And everything that Dickens ever wrote.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

Be sure to save some flames for, my employer, our public educational system. Lord help me, I don't know where to begin!

 

[cabinfever]

The Walking Dead - the state of humanity

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

The Walking Dead - the state of humanity

Have you ever walked down a crowded street and nearly everyone's face is buried in their phone? Its barely even a metaphor anymore its practically a mirror to reality.

 

[Outlooker]

People love The Wizard of Oz, but few people realise that it is a metaphor for the political system of the United States:



https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-schaller-0805-20150804-column.html

Gulliver's Travels, on the other hand, was a satirical metaphor for British society and politics of the day.

True. As part of the dumbing down of literature (most obvious in Disney, though perhaps not so deliberate in this case), Gulliver's Travels is usually seen as a children's story of how this man traveled to a land of wee little people who think he's a giant. It's all fun and games. But Swift's book has much deeper intentions.

The book consists of four parts: A Voyage to Lilliput; A Voyage to Brobdingnag; A Voyage to Laputa; Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan; and A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms. It is filled with biting satire, and it is incredibly funny. Above all, it exposes humans and their society in all their vanity, futility, foolishness, pomposity and grandiosity. Wikipedia mentions that Swift said he wrote Gulliver's Travels "to vex the world rather than divert it."

It's a damn good read.

 

[ShadowCat]

All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to If You Seek Amy-Britney Spears