The film portrays a woman who is being tortured by a "justice" system for a crime that her fiancé committed and she filmed. For filming this crime she was considered to have taken part in the act. While I do agree that the crime that was committed and the capability of the woman to film it was obscene and cruel, I believe the punishment that takes place is absolutely unnecessary. The reason this "punishment" is unnecessary is because it is not rehabilitative. By this, I mean they are not allowing the woman to realize her wrong doing and then fully recover from it and adjust her lifestyle to become a new person and try to make something out of herself. They are torturing her by making her relive as the person she was that committed the crime over and over again with no benefits involved.
While these events that take place to torture this woman seem far fetched, it is happening every day in American society. Our prison systems offer almost the exact same reality but Americans are blind to it. Our politicians and members of the justice system literally put on a performance that the members of our society actually pay to participate in for their entertainment. They may not realize this because they are not in prisons experiencing first hand what goes on or seeing things behind the scenes, but they are doing exactly what is shown in this film in some ways. Along with this are politicians that put down certain people for their skin color, beliefs, gender, etc. and call it "justice." The American people seemed stunned to watch something that is so cruel but are blind to the fact it is happening right in front of them. Without being sat down in an actual simulated theatre performance with the rules of the acting process shown right in front of them, the American people will deny they are living in this type of world.
The film was very filmed and the ideas were clearly shown after you come to realize what is actually happening. I believe this is a great form of political satire without it even being blatantly obvious.
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I totally agree with your statement about how the punishment Victoria experiences is unnecessary due to the fact that that the punishment is not rehabilitative. That should be the point of capital punishment, to help someone become a better person by learning why what they did was wrong. I do think though that this punishment system would be more effective if she did experience this the one time and was allowed to rehabilitate though the things that she learned. The emotions that she felt were so similar to what the little girl they hurt must have felt, and in that regard, I believe it could be effective. Your blog was very well written and I especially liked your points on political satire. I found that to be insightful.
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