Argumentative Essay: Secrets Within The Blacklist

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Arguing Secrets within The Blacklist play a huge role given the audience a sense of urgency. Although to some the show is to be just a form of entertainment, but there are others who believe that The Blacklist is a construction or the “Spectacle” ,as Guy Debord would phrase it, in which the ruling class uses spectacles to deceive the public of things that are really in effect in congress to maintain the status quo. The Blacklist shows a lot of gender stereotyping for example, Red is the main character, but has a female “side kick” which is broadcasted to be Red’s daughter Liz. When viewing shows like The Blacklist many viewers do not look at the social standards that are consumed on a day to day basis. Throughout the physical research of …show more content…

The show is defiantly not meant to be for anyone that is considered an adolescent or minor. Many of the shows episodes show the characters in a way that could change the innocent thoughts that remain within the child’s mind this could develop the child into what the show is depicting which in this case is either a Barbie FBI agent with relationship issues or a man with obsessions of what is going on around him needed to know each and every move people are making, based on the two main characters Liz and Red. The Blacklist uses the three modes of persuasion: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to fool the viewers of any type of error in the motives behind the shows plot. The U.S. government system designs shows like this to keep everyone and the status quo the same. Referencing bell hooks, the western way of life or the media will never be changed as long as there is no need of refusal. Shows like The Blacklist are continuously blinding everyone from seeing the real problems, such as education, health insurance, and unemployment. This has been a real issue for decades now and is not becoming any better although more people are becoming more aware of the government’s plan, but not enough are doing anything about it. Popular culture has invaded or persuaded our minds and created an addiction for entertainment that we as a whole cannot refuse. In a way the rules are set in place to be broken but there is no reason why shows such as The …show more content…

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