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A popular movie from 1985 in which the main character Marty McFly ([[Michael J. Fox]]) goes back in [[time]] to 1955 with the help of his scientist friend, Doctor Emmet Brown ([[Christopher Lloyd]]) and a time machine built into a [[Delorean]] DMC-12. It led to two sequels and an animated television series. It was one of the highest grossing films of the 1980s and is still popular today. | A popular movie from 1985 in which the main character Marty McFly ([[Michael J. Fox]]) goes back in [[time]] to 1955 with the help of his scientist friend, Doctor Emmet Brown ([[Christopher Lloyd]]) and a time machine built into a [[Delorean]] DMC-12. It led to two sequels and an animated television series. It was one of the highest grossing films of the 1980s and is still popular today. | ||
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This extremely popular film exerts an undeniable influence upon American culture, and**** | This extremely popular film exerts an undeniable influence upon American culture, and**** | ||
Revision as of 21:27, May 15, 2008
A popular movie from 1985 in which the main character Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) goes back in time to 1955 with the help of his scientist friend, Doctor Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and a time machine built into a Delorean DMC-12. It led to two sequels and an animated television series. It was one of the highest grossing films of the 1980s and is still popular today.
Positive and Negative Cultural Memes in Back to the Future
This extremely popular film exerts an undeniable influence upon American culture, and****
However, the viewer should be selective in watching the film, as both positive and negative values are presented. The viewing of this film by sub-adults should be accompanied with parental guidance, highlighting which behaviors should or should not be emulated.
Negative Memes
- Various vulgar expressions: Biff's exclamation upon crashing into the fertilizer truck, Marty's jibe regarding Doc's concern about his future.
- Promotion of youth culture with implications of adult inferiority: when Marty's band performs a loud rock song which the judges (including rock musician Huey Lewis in a cameo role) are not "cool" enough to appreciate.
- Portrayal of chastity as a negative trait
- Premarital sexual activity: when Marty and Jennifer plan to spend the night at the lake alone
Positive Memes
- Dedication and friendship: Doc and Marty stick together and show genuine concern for each others' well-being.
- Health effects of alcohol and tobacco: when Marty discourages the 1955 Lorraine from smoking or drinking, saying that she might regret it, and when the 1985 Lorraine is shown suffering ill-effects from alcohol at the start of the film, but healthy and attractive at the end of the film when she has been positively influenced by "Calvin Klein"
- Disgust for deviancy: when Marty shows contempt of 1955 George's voyeurism
- Chivalry: when George defends Lorraine from Biff's attempted intimate assault
