Tag Archives: women
Hoovervilles and Poverty in Seabiscuit
In terms of energy themes, Seabiscuit (2003) focuses on cars displacing horses in the transportation sector. However, poverty and the capability for self-renewal show up as recurring themes, too. One scene, just 15 minutes in, features the archetypal image of … Read More
Frozen Climate Commentary
Based loosely on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, Disney’s Frozen (2013) joins Mulan (1998), The Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), and Brave (2012) in redefining the princess archetype through a twenty-first century feminist lens. Critical theory aside, … Read More
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Tagged Climate Change, Disney, Frozen, Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, UN, UN negotiations, women
Water and Poverty in the Movies
One more comment on Louisiana Story… as I’ve noted before, images of women either washing clothes by hand without piped water and/or carrying buckets of water appear to be the international symbols for poverty. The movie Louisiana Story (1948), which captures some … Read More
Hunger Games is a Coal Movie
With Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Silver Linings Playbook, it seems like an appropriate time to highlight the energy content of her other big 2012 hit The Hunger Games. It’s a coal movie. … Read More
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Tagged coal, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscars, poverty, The Hunger Games, water, wealth, women
Hydropower Saves The Fugitive
