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Assume a movie is made to influence events in society. Whether it is to instruct or whether it is to advertise.
The movie Traffic was released in 2000 and was about the illegal drug trade involving Mexican drug cartels, the DEA, and a wealthy family in Ohio.
Over half of arrests in 2000 in Chicago were drug related and over 15,000 treatment admissions were related to illegal drugs. By 2010, the number of treatment admisssions reached the 30,000 mark. The drugs were introduced into the city by two operatives of the Sinaloa Cartel: Pedro and Margarito Jr. Flores. Both would later testify against Joaquín Guzmán "El Chapo", the leader of the Sinaola Cartel in Mexico. He was arrested in 2014, but the American law enforcement counterpart and Mexican lawyer serving as the go-between where not held responsible (according to a recent documentary) for their detrimental actions during the Fast and Furious program that contributed to the death of a border patrol agent.
This drug epidemic in Chicago and the events related to the arrest and dismantling of the Sinaola Cartel, mirrored the plot line of the movie Traffic.
It started with an increase in the supply of illegal narcotics in Chicago, its effects on the population, including crime and treatment, the response by law enforcement, corruption, and eventual success marked by the seizure of drugs, arrests of drug dealers, and reduction in crime.
Who was affected by this?????? Or who was the target of this movie????? It appears to be the upper social class of Chicago, it's political, academic class, and legal society through the advertisements of drugs or law enforcement, with the intent of influencing society's uninfluenced - the next generation.
The theory being: flood the city with drugs and introduce new, more progressive ideas, and direct political leanings with the goal of producing the events and actions that you want.
The movie Traffic was released in 2000 and was about the illegal drug trade involving Mexican drug cartels, the DEA, and a wealthy family in Ohio.
Over half of arrests in 2000 in Chicago were drug related and over 15,000 treatment admissions were related to illegal drugs. By 2010, the number of treatment admisssions reached the 30,000 mark. The drugs were introduced into the city by two operatives of the Sinaloa Cartel: Pedro and Margarito Jr. Flores. Both would later testify against Joaquín Guzmán "El Chapo", the leader of the Sinaola Cartel in Mexico. He was arrested in 2014, but the American law enforcement counterpart and Mexican lawyer serving as the go-between where not held responsible (according to a recent documentary) for their detrimental actions during the Fast and Furious program that contributed to the death of a border patrol agent.
This drug epidemic in Chicago and the events related to the arrest and dismantling of the Sinaola Cartel, mirrored the plot line of the movie Traffic.
It started with an increase in the supply of illegal narcotics in Chicago, its effects on the population, including crime and treatment, the response by law enforcement, corruption, and eventual success marked by the seizure of drugs, arrests of drug dealers, and reduction in crime.
Who was affected by this?????? Or who was the target of this movie????? It appears to be the upper social class of Chicago, it's political, academic class, and legal society through the advertisements of drugs or law enforcement, with the intent of influencing society's uninfluenced - the next generation.
The theory being: flood the city with drugs and introduce new, more progressive ideas, and direct political leanings with the goal of producing the events and actions that you want.
Last edited by Vasanth; 04-24-15 at 10:43 AM.