| Term Paper Title | Powder |
| # of Words | 584 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.34 |
Powder
Most likely written by some kind of nut, the film Powder is indeed
strange. Powder is the story of an albilno completely hairless teenager who has
the power to use an extraordinary amount of his brain capacity. Powder is the
archetypal outsider.Edward Lightning Hands might be a more fitting name for all
the overuse of the already worn out “Boo Radley-like misfit who is also a
despised prophet” type theme. Aside from its lack of orignality it is also
typically “hollywood” in it's blatant overuse of moral superlatives.
“The most advanced intellect in the history of mankind,” is how one of
the films many protagonistic representatives of society describes Powders
eidetic memory and off the scale IQ.The writer expects the audience to view what
Powder says with more credibility because he has the use of more of his brain
than they do. This is a very powerful way for the writer to communicate theme,
by developing a philosophy in an attempt to affect the audience, and having
powder embody that philosophy so that people will see him as some sort of role
model. In general, this idea could work, but the writer of this particular film
obviuosly missed the boat here.
Instead of the independence imbodied in most people, Powder belives in a
unification of all humans, every single one, through some sort of single-
consciousness. The idea of using Powder as a role model can work, but the
audience has to view powder as being worthy. Here Powder views people, unwilling
to accept the idea of a single-consciousness solely on faith, as closed-minded.
This dogmatic type of view nullifies any worth powder might have had as a role
model, and it dooms any chance the message of the film, which supposedly
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