The First One - The Social Network!

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 @ Michelle's

1. The Writer - background, history, other work, relevance to this film - Nancy

2. The Director - same as above - Cindy

3. The Actors - as above, in addition relevance/appropriateness to this film - Cordelia

4. Genre, cinematography, sets, costumes, props, etc. - Ros

5. Historic attitudes/stereotypes to Jewish culture in literature, film etc. - Teresa

6. Cultures of Ivy league schools (can be specific to the film or more general) - Beth Dull

7. High School/college cultures in relation to stereotypes i.e. popular kids, geeks, jocks etc. - Beth Kotis

8. Role of girls/women in the film and in contemporary culture - Alex

9. Culture of college fraternities/sororities and clubs - Laurie Kibler

10. Issues of "class" race and entitlement in education - Denise

11. Social Networks in contemporary culture - issues of friends, bullying, relationships etc. - Michelle

Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker on Social Networking - the new revolution - Oct 2010

This last point will be open discussion to wrap up.

What do you feel/ think/believe about "the geeks shall inherit the earth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4




Some Reviews:
1. The New Yorker - Oct 2010