Douglas & Michaels

I think the article poses an interesting question at the end -- what did happen to "sisterhood"?Was it taken over by "motherhood"? Whose interests are being served by polarizing the experiences of mothers and their respective families?

In the instance of "The Mommy Wars", the media seemed to be taking a suspiciously political viewpoint by providing "evidence" that backs up a conservative argument. In what other ways do the media use narratives as a possible form of social or political control?

Wang

It's common in American politics to glorify past heriosms and deffer attention away from the most gruesome details of history. Forrest Gump is not the only media piece to try to reframe U.S. history. Can this practice in media possibly be as or more influential as this tendency in the political realm?

Forrest Gump not only follows the ideology of "family values" but it also systematically follows the pattern of Propp's analysis of a folktale. How might the strong adherence to the formulaic production of a folktale further the film's influence?