Marxism & hegemony: blog tasks

Mail Online review of Capital -

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'The last 20 minutes contained no plot. Whatever story there had ever been was over. We just watched all the characters saying goodbye to each other.'

I agree with this as the plot for the episode had ended and it felt like it was just getting dragged on.

'But that concept went nowhere'

I agree with this statement to a certain extent as the episode started off addressing the issue of the postcards and had bits in between where they issued the problem, however the episode wasn't solely based on that and there were parts of the episode which I felt had nothing to do with the initial story-line and made it feel a bit dragged out.

'Maybe that’s one more thing to be added to the list of politically incorrect crimes, things that we can never say and shouldn’t even think.'

Some things said or mentioned in the series should be filtered/restricted as it is reinforces bad stereotypes and may offend certain audience which would result in the show having a bad name and losing viewers.

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A left-wing ideology would be when the immigrant is working hard, doing overtime and still only getting a low pay and having some of that money deducted from her salary as well. It shows how although she is an immigrant, she is working hard to earn money to make a living and on top of that it reinforces stereotypes as she is working hard for her money and not relying on benefits which is how the media sometimes tries to portray immigrants.

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A capitalist ideology is when the banker is having to work really hard to fund all the wants and needs of his family and although he's making a lot of money, it doesn't seem to be enough as they have high spending's and the wife who is a homemaker just seems to want more and more. 

Media Magazine feature on BBC drama The Casual Vacancy and ideology - 

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The daily mail said that they support broadly Conservative views that food banks, rehab centres and a larger state do little to foster personal responsibility. They disagree with the political view of the film.

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The actors show left wing ideologies by making certain decisions and also through their character traits. 

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The BBC could be seen as biased as the BBC director of television is also a director of

Rowling’s charity.