“Bull queers take by force. It is all they want or understand. If I were you, I’d grow eyes in the back of my head.” Ellis Boyd Redding nicknamed “Red” advices Andy Dufresne during the beginning of the latter’s prison life. Wrongly accused of murdering his wife and her lover, Andy Dufresne was ordered to serve two life sentences back to back in the notorious Shawshank prison. The Shawshank Redemption is the story of Dufresene’s prison life .Andy Dufresne goes through the process of prisonization not just to accommodate himself in the prison but more importantly to liberate himself from the prison. Throughout the past century, the media has become more influential in nearly all areas of the global world. It is one of the leading contributors …show more content…
Thus, it should not be surprising that the portrayal of crime and punishment have also become intertwined in the webbing that encompasses the realm of mass communications. Much, and maybe most of what the global population knows about crime is provided through a lens that often distorts what is accurate and emphasizes what is more fictitiously entertaining to the masses and beneficial to politicians. There are numerous stable elements of the media that have thrived for many decades, and there are also recent additions that have opened new doors to the inside world of crime and punishment. The role of the mass media in delivering an image of crime and punishment to the general population is critical because the media provides a major visual aid that citizens outside the criminal justice system use to shape their images of what crime and punishment entail. The most influential among the many mediums of mass communication is popular film. All communication mediums have rooted themselves in the daily lives of Americans and the rest of the information accessible world. As a result, media has influenced and continues to influence the opinion and understanding of crime and the criminal justice system. However, film is the most …show more content…
Film influence has grown over the past several decades. This growth has led crime and cinema to become more tied together in the classroom. Film courses across the country often feature crime as one of the major topics. There is an extensive coverage of topics in the field that have been incredibly influential in terms of educating the public about criminal behavior. Crime dramas on the silver screen have been especially popular since the days of film noir in the early 20th century. Those films depicted crime in a manner that often ended poorly for everyone involved. Film noir dramas would regularly end with all, or most of the cast meeting an early demise due to their deviant behavior. However, as film progressed into the middle of the 20th century, the plot for crime dramas swiftly changed. The newer plot outline for crime films directed more attention toward the “good guy” and “bad guy” roles. The popular ending for these films was certainly notable for the famous “good guy” finale. This trend in American cinema remained inspirational for numerous