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-It seems very orchestrated, very controlled, almost non authentic
-Why is this presented as art? It's the struggle of a group of people that feels like it's being taken advantage of
-It seems so curated by the adults - the teens were kinda coming up with the questions, but it feels like everything is so staged that it takes away from the conversations that are being held
-How did this fix anything? Like, great they got a conversation going. They got many conversations and perspectives going but did anything actually get resolved? What did they do with this information?
-Ah yes, street signs. So artistic. So edgy.
-Why does the placement of the cars matter??? The conversations should be what matters not the aesthetic.
-Why did they use their donated money to rent cars? Why couldn't this have been done sitting in plastic chairs? That way the donated money could be used to actually fix something.
Overall Takeaway:
This feels over manipulated. The thought of creating a space for conversation without borders or violence is fantastic, but it is presented in a way that seems as though it was done purely for the sake of the media. There was no attention to the change that it enacted, there was a little shot of some of the students graduating high school, but nothing about how it actually changed their lives, or the people who listened to the conversations... what change in the 'audience' did this enact? Even the teenagers themselves felt as though it wasn't in their hands and that they had no power over the situation. So was this really an effective act? It seemed like the only point was to have conversations and put it on the news with no plan of how to continue said conversations. Like a wham bam thank you mam ending, nothing more. Unfortunately feels like a waste of time and money that could have been spent doing so much more.
-It seems very orchestrated, very controlled, almost non authentic
-Why is this presented as art? It's the struggle of a group of people that feels like it's being taken advantage of
-It seems so curated by the adults - the teens were kinda coming up with the questions, but it feels like everything is so staged that it takes away from the conversations that are being held
-How did this fix anything? Like, great they got a conversation going. They got many conversations and perspectives going but did anything actually get resolved? What did they do with this information?
-Ah yes, street signs. So artistic. So edgy.
-Why does the placement of the cars matter??? The conversations should be what matters not the aesthetic.
-Why did they use their donated money to rent cars? Why couldn't this have been done sitting in plastic chairs? That way the donated money could be used to actually fix something.
Overall Takeaway:
This feels over manipulated. The thought of creating a space for conversation without borders or violence is fantastic, but it is presented in a way that seems as though it was done purely for the sake of the media. There was no attention to the change that it enacted, there was a little shot of some of the students graduating high school, but nothing about how it actually changed their lives, or the people who listened to the conversations... what change in the 'audience' did this enact? Even the teenagers themselves felt as though it wasn't in their hands and that they had no power over the situation. So was this really an effective act? It seemed like the only point was to have conversations and put it on the news with no plan of how to continue said conversations. Like a wham bam thank you mam ending, nothing more. Unfortunately feels like a waste of time and money that could have been spent doing so much more.
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