Comments on: “What? Nobody got shot?”: Representations of Caribana violence http://www.wardmin.info/2009/02/what-nobody-got-shot-representations-of-caribana-violence/ The Academic side of life Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:51:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.wardmin.info/2009/02/what-nobody-got-shot-representations-of-caribana-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-277 admin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:51:39 +0000 http://www.wardmin.info/?page_id=153#comment-277 @ Seth. You missed the point. (or proved the point) Completely. We are talking about representations of violence. The gay pride parade is used as a counter point to highlight how violence is portrayed in the media. It is pointless to compare the two as festivals because they are different kinds of events. The point is not which festival attracts a more violent crowd, the point is how 'the story' of Caribana can not be told without some mention of violence, whether or not any violence even took place. The question is why does the media work to portray Caribana as inherently violent even when nothing happens? @ Seth. You missed the point. (or proved the point) Completely. We are talking about representations of violence.

The gay pride parade is used as a counter point to highlight how violence is portrayed in the media. It is pointless to compare the two as festivals because they are different kinds of events.

The point is not which festival attracts a more violent crowd, the point is how ‘the story’ of Caribana can not be told without some mention of violence, whether or not any violence even took place.

The question is why does the media work to portray Caribana as inherently violent even when nothing happens?

]]> By: Seth http://www.wardmin.info/2009/02/what-nobody-got-shot-representations-of-caribana-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Seth Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:29:34 +0000 http://www.wardmin.info/?page_id=153#comment-264 Pride has never has a homocide where millions of people gather each - just like Caribana - but unlike Pride looking at pure stats, statistically Caribana party-goers are more prone to be violent. Pride has never has a homocide where millions of people gather each – just like Caribana – but unlike Pride looking at pure stats, statistically Caribana party-goers are more prone to be violent.

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