ART HIST 2A03 (VIS. LIT): TAKE-HOME TEST

The take-home test question is posted below and I will respond to any enquiries you might have when we next meet on Wednesday May 28. Note that due to the cancellation of tonight's class I will be moving the due date for the take-home test to Wednesday June 4.

School of the Arts

McMaster University

VISUAL LITERACY

ART HIST 2A03 / CMST 2I03, Spring 2014

TAKE-HOME TEST

(Due: Wednesday June 4, in class)

Using full sentences, provide a written response of no more than five pages (double-spaced). Your written response must be returned to the instructor, in class, on Wednesday June 4. Electronic versions will not be accepted. Do not email your response.

QUESTION:

Racist and offensive imagery is addressed in episode five (season one) of Ricky Gervais’s 2005-2006 HBO series Extras (guest star, Samuel L. Jackson). With reference to various moments in the episode (shown in class) discuss how this type of imagery is used make a satirical commentary on the subject of racism and the power that offensive images seem to have over us.

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