DTRT Scene List

Here are some of the passage to consider for Intro to Film:

• Do the Right Thing Part 1: 4:24 Introducing Senor Love Daddy, Da Mayor, and (7:02) Mookie
  
• Part 2: 0:00: A conversation at the pizzeria.
• Part 3: 0:00 "Boycott Sal's;" (2:58, "Do the Right Thing")
  
• Part 4: Jordans get scuffed and Eyeline match with cops and continue with conversation at wall, more heat, later in the movie
  
• Part 5: Martin Lawrence schools Da Mayor; racist rants
  
• Part 6: Mookie and Radio chat and then Radio gets some pizza and then Pino wants to sell (continues in Part 7)
• Part 10: riot begins
  
• Part 10 also: Radio Raheem is Dead!
  
• Part 11: It's "our" Home and shallow focus and Mookie as dad and Mookie goes to see Sal
• Part 12: Show me the money!

Howard Beach history

Sample Logical Fallacies

Here are some videos that depict logical fallacies. See if you can pick them out:

• Ned Lamont Campaign Advertisement
• Daily Show Immigrant Disease
• Kobe Selling Sprite
• Daily Show Fright Club
• Alan Jackson Crazy about a Ford
• Hilary Clinton 3 AM
• Saturday Night Live Old Glory
  
• Ronald Reagan The Bear
  
• Xtranormal Magic Shirt
• Xtranomral Old People Can't Exercise because they are Old
• Xtranormal All Philosophy Classes are Hard
  
• Lyndon Johnson Daisy
• LBJ Ice Cream
• George H. W. Bush Dukakis on Crime
  

Head injuries in the NFL

Here is an article discussing the high rates of dementia and depression among former NFL players, in this case focusing on the work of Gay Culverhouse, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive who is now active in raising awareness about the problem. As we read, consider how the article defines the problem. Does it offer sufficient evidence to show that head injuries among former football players is a major concern? What solutions might we consider?

Originality, Plagiarism, etc.

In the spirit of Meghan O'Rourke's "The Copycat Syndrome," let's take a look at some of the following videos to consider whether they constitute a violation of copyright:

• Scary Mary Poppins (note the video creator's claims of originality in the sidebar)
• Brokeback to the Future
• Star Wars fan video (note that this version may not change the original's meaning as significantly)
• Grey Album mix (does this alter the original songs?)
• Five Second Movies (All Rocky movies in 5 Seconds and All Batman movies)
  

Wilson Video

Here is the controversial video.

Paraphrase Activity

We will be working with the following two op-ed columns today for our paraphrasing activity:

• Maureen Dowd, "Blue is the New Black."
• Thomas Friedman, "Real Men Tax Gas."
  

Looking Inside Wikipedia

For your upcoming Wikipedia project you will be expected to write a short paper on the history of a Wikipedia entry. This will require you to look at the page's history and discussion pages (in particular the latter). To give you an idea of how public figures and major issues are contested, we will look at a few examples in class:

• Barack Obama, front page and discussion.
• Health care, front page and discussion.
• Compare to Health care reform, front page and discussion (also note how often page is updated).

As we consider these entries, we should also keep in mind the "five pillars" that guide the editorial policy of Wikipedia.

See also the example mentioned by Dave Parry, comparing the entry on global warming to the article on the controversies about it.

NOTE: For today's in-class writing assignment, you should have brought a copy of one of the articles by Parry, Cummings, or Cohen with you to class. If you did not, please borrow (and return) a copy from me. In your writing, you should address the following concerns, preferably in paragraph form and using supporting details from the text.

1. First, decide whether the article is making an argument or presenting an objective perspective on Wikipedia. If it's making an argument, identify as precisely as you can the argument you think it's making. Do you agree or disagree? Why? If the article is objective, what is the controversy that is being presented? Which side--banning Wikipedia or teaching it--do you find more convincing?
2. What evidence from the article is most (or least) convincing? Paraphrase or describe the key examples and explain why you think they are effective (or ineffective)?
   
3. What are your preconceptions about Wikipedia? What have past teachers said about it? Do these arguments match what you've heard? Do you think Wikipedia should be used in academic research? Why or why not?
   
4. Several of the authors talk about issues like "information literacy." What do you think is meant by this term? Why might students need to develop it?