#meanwhile the death of Alex kintner- which Mrs. kintner blames on Brody - was also not intentional

[idalievu]

Time for my daily thoughts about how Jaws is rife with potential for an anti imperialist anti capitalist analysis

#TAGS RANT INCOMING: #the 2 shark incidents which have the most emotional impact are: the main plot w Bruce n the Boys AND quint in the Indianapolis incident #the sharks in these stories are secondary to the human conflict that propelled the story forward #1: a mayor’s greed and desire for money and 2: a country’s greed and desire for domination. #the sharks are vessels that convey the powerlessness that the individual feels in the face of structural and societal violence #i think there’s also an interesting parallel there. shark attacks are incidental - #they have no desire to eat humans but sometimes mistake them for a food source #meanwhile the death of Alex kintner- which Mrs. kintner blames on Brody - was also not intentional #and was caused by Brody initially mistaking the mayor and the medical examiner’s coercion as somewhat genuine/truthful #humans and sharks both have the capacity to do harm #but it’s the environment around them that should be examined when this harm is done #don’t even get me started on quint’s ptsd and ‘I’ll never wear a life jacket again’ and perpetuating cycles of violence #ummm teehee anyways #jaws 1975 #I’m no deep analytic writer and I in fact struggle with themes and interpretation so this may all seem pretty surface level but anyways #i just wanted to yap