Marxism in movies and TV shows. Good or bad?

 Marxism is defined by Sellnow as “the notion that material conditions and economic practices shape the dominant ideology about who ought to be and ought not to be empowered.” 

Marxism is present in so many different TV shows and movies that we watch every day and sometimes it is present without us even knowing or realizing it. It happens a lot with romantic comedies where the girl is from an upper class family and the boy comes from a lower class family yet they fall in love over the summer or something like that. It seems as if using that blue collar versus white collar makes for a good story line for viewers. So does this story line make for good or bad viewing for people? Is it good for people to watch marxism happen in a movie so that it is in their mind or is it not the best?

On the side of this being good there is actually a good argument there. When people are aware of an issue like this it can help in fixing the problem. It’s like if we don’t know what the problem is then how can we fix it? On the other side there is also a good argument in that not seeing it keeps it out of our minds so that we don’t make those boundaries. A lot of times we see it and don’t realize so it’s possible we may do that same thing in real life and create those boundaries subconsciously. 

So what side of the argument do you feel like you land on? Do you think it is good for people to see this so that we can fix the issue or do you feel it is better if we don’t see it so that we don’t subconsciously create that boundary?

If you want to see a perfect example give this a watch.