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Gratuitous = being without apparent reason, cause, or justification.

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What is gratuitous violence?

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Gratuitous Gratuitous violence violence which is not gratuitous How do we tell the difference?

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Which picture of the two is an example of gratuitous violence? make note of the criteria you use to make your decision

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From the film: Saving Private Ryan From the film: Friday the 13th check one

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check one

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From the TV show CSI Photo from an AP news story check one

let us Ponder : 

let us Ponder Why do so many entertainment forms include gratuitous violence? Why is gratuitous violence entertaining?

Slide 10: 

Is the allure of violence written into our genetic code?

Slide 11: 

Should we be concerned with the use of gratuitous violence in our entertainment forms? So concerned we demand change?

Excerpts from an interview with Sissela Bok : 

Excerpts from an interview with Sissela Bok (Author of Mayhem: Violence As Public Entertainment)

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“There's never been a time when you could see so much graphic violence any hour of the night or day in our own homes.”

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“We need, for example, to think about the The Odyssey or Shakespearean plays, and there are so many other works of art that can help us deal with violence. That is very different from saying that we want to see the killing and the torture and the murder for the thrill or the enjoyment that it gives us.”

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“It is a vicious circle to some extent. Because all the violence on the screen contributes to making people much more afraid than they really need to be. Life is not that scary.”