Film, Medium Cool, By Haskell Wexler - 1424 Words

Despite women taking huge steps towards equality, the entertainment during the 1960’s was still an awful representation. Many of the topics in my 1950’s journals discussed the treatment of women in media during the fifties. I assumed as another decade passed, women would be portrayed more respectfully and accurately in many forms of entertainment. I assumed incorrectly. In a majority of what we analyzed, women were still treated like crap. Haskell Wexler’s film, Medium Cool, follows a news cameraman named John Cassellis. This character makes women look like they are just there for men to walk on and completely disrespect. Not only did he seem to be in a relationship with over 3 women, he was extremely disrespectful to them as well. John†¦show more content†¦In reality, the odds were stacked against the Americans from the start and some soldiers knew it wasn’t going to end well. The media, however, said the attack caused a lot of deaths, but it was a means to an end (Two Days In October). Some journalists found themselves at the forefront of the danger, giving their first hand experience to civilians. Overall, the Vietnam War set a new standard for a consistent stream of information. The current war in the Middle East, has been covered by many news outlets and reporters have been sent to interview and uncover some facts unknown by the general population. Also John F. Kennedy would not have won the election without the power of television. 1960 was the first year the presidential debates were televised. People who watched the debates said Kennedy won because he looked confident and his dark suit made him stick out more (The Century: Poisoned Dreams). Many who only listened to the debates said Nixon won due to his stronger points (The Century: Poisoned Dreams). Without television, the Civil Rights Movement would not have touched the lives of millions of Americans. The horrific images shown to the public, forced people to recognize how wrong civil rights protesters were treated in the South. Many of the protests discussed in the documentary series, Eyes on the Prize, were captured on film. In No Easy Walk, the civil rights movement targeted Birmingham,