commercialism in society theme
Commercialism is the application of both manufacturing and consumption towards personal usage, or the practices, methods, aims, and spirit of free enterprise geared toward generating profit. We are made to ponder whether or not a state of excessive commercialism has come about in society, to the detriment of other social concerns.
10 total · 6 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama2x14 | major | Mother's Day lampooned for the Hallmark holiday that it is. |
| movie: Idiocracy (2006) | major | The story is a satire on commercialism in American society. Joe woke up in the year 2505 to find that Americans wallowing in overconsumption and crass popular entertainment. |
| movie: The Truman Show (1998) | major | Truman was encased in a hugely expensive artificial world right outside of Hollywood and we learn that it was all funded by product placement, i.e., ads for products |
| nightgallery-misc1 | major | We saw a an undertaker putting on a January clearance sale. |
| nightgallery3x02 | major | The beer company executive Munsch ended his search for a model to symbolize materialism with the hungry eyes girl. |
| tz1985e3x29 | major | John's life had been commoditized without his knowledge. |
| ahh2x10 | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock contended that the folk music of certain mountaineers is "uncontaminated by sordid commercialism". |
| movie: Endgame (1983) | minor | The reality television show producer was plugging the Life Plus energy drink at every opportunity. |
| movie: Spaceballs (1987) | minor | The film openly satirized the Hollywood practice of merchandising (e.g., actions figures and lunch boxes) and sequel making (e.g. the mention of making Spaceballs 2: The Quest for Money) at the possible expense of film quality. |
| rh2012e2x06 | minor | Florentine called a spade a spade when she said that the private adoption agency was, for all intents and purposes, selling babies as they were profiting from the enterprise. The woman she was talking to was outraged, though she conspicuously failed to offer any counterargument. |