I strongly detest the “which is your favorite” question. If the choices were between blue and red i would choose purple. It’s hard to pick one out of a group when they all could be valid choices. That is how i feel about the works of art we have seen and read in this class. There were some pieces that i preferred over the others, however i feel there was truth and accuracy to everything we were introduced to, even Birds with Sky Mirrors. I might as well share my opinion on this work. I believe anything can be art or a work of creativity and although Birds with Sky Mirrors was not on my top 10 list, i loved that the dance was meant to bring awareness to environmental problems. I appreciate the creators vision and i commend him on his confidence to make this dance public. Although i didn’t really understand what this play had to say about NYC, i soon realized that this is what living in the Big Apple was all about. Diversity and exceptionality. Although most parts of NYC have been gentrified, there is still so much diversity within it. There are also a variety of opinions and ideas about it that have been brought into the light by the artists. That is why its almost impossible to pick just one work.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Muppets Take Manhattan developed the idea that NYC is the place where all dreams come true. Miss Holly Golighlty ran away from her home town to live a better life in NYC. She wished to have a life that was similar to the vision she had of the store Tiffany. The Muppets believed that if they were to present their play to one of the producers in NYC they would automatically get hired and make it to broadway. Obviously to Kermit, NYC was the place to be and the place where anything could happen.Both of the films showed us that NYC is a place that is dreamed of. It is supposed to be a place where you can find work, live a good life and be wealthy without any problems, however the characters eventually realize that the fantasy world they create in their minds is nothing more than a dream. But it is a dream that many people have.
On the other hand the idea of survival of the fittest and that “Cash is King” is how you’ll make it in NYC. In Wall Street, Bud Fox is pressured by the idea that in order to make it big you need money, you need to be in a high class and you need to be greedy. Money runs the world and we live for it. Its true we must be greedy in some occasions however Gorden Gecco drilled this idea so far into Fox’s head that he lost sight of what truly was important to him. Sadly money does run the world, and this movie held truth to its statements. Their are both corrupt people and honest people, but people with money have an advantage and they take take it.
There is good to every bad and bad to every good.
