Members: Alexis Akins, Reily Lynch, Sydney Grosser, Andrea Walker
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Greed
she take my money when I'm in need Yeah she's a trifling friend indeed Oh she's a gold digger way over town That digs on me SHOW ME THE MONEY 2.5 BILLION DOLLAR DIVORCE, MOST EXPENSIVE TO DATE
One thing that your group's poem instantly reveals to us is that our cultural obsession with money has not changed since the time that Dos Passos critiques in THE BIG MONEY. It also draws our attention to the intimate relationship between wealth and entertainment. While the lyrics she has used refer to child support and gold digging, they are from a popular song that earned money. Likewise, the "victim" in the song is supposed to be a professional football player, someone who makes money entertaining audiences with his sport. Furthermore, the quote from JERRY MAGUIRE represents both 1) a film that entertains us, and 2) a story about making money in professional football. Although the whole poem draws our attention to greed, the last two lines most directly forces us to think about money as something that is worshiped and the increasing gap between the extremely rich and the destitute, which is currently at even higher, more depression levels than the period Dos Passos examines in THE BIG MONEY.
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