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Our propaganda was an old Chinese TV commercial during the Cultural Revolution. The video promotes the ideas of Communists are correct and that the old Chinese cultural ideas are bad. The first character in the propaganda is bourgeoise, who was not in favor of Mao and communist enters into a shop called “The Four Olds Shop” where he buys a drink. During this time, shops were forced to be renamed into names that support Mao. The fact that the shop is named “The Four Olds Shop” indicates that it didn’t change its name. The bourgeoise buys a drink from the shop, but ends up spitting it out which depicts that not only the name of the shop is inappropriate for the Communist ideas, but also the drink may affect one’s health. The bourgeoise takes the drink to Mao, who quickly snatches the drink away from the bourgeoise, telling him not to buy items from shops of the past Chinese culture. The second character, who is “The Ideal Communist Citizen” enters into a shop supported by Mao, and buys a drink. “The Ideal Communist Citizen” enjoys the drink, and Mao comes along with a happy smile. This whole idea of the drink tasting bad or good is a symbolism within the propaganda. Because the drink bourgeoise bought was from “The Four Olds Shop,” the character had to also pretend as if the quality of the item also depends on “where” the drink was bought. The drink that “The Ideal Communist Citizen” bought was named leMAOnade, which depicted that the item was approved and supported by Mao, therefore the character had to act as if the drink was fabulous.]

Evaluation:

My co-workers have worked hard and well! With the given time during class, we were able to come up with the solid idea of the project. Everyone has worked almost the same amount, and not unbalanced where one person would do the majority of the work. I personally enjoyed working with Kevin G and Albert because our thoughts and minds have matched when we were working on this project. We made use of the time well, and therefore I would say that my co workers have worked fantastically without much procrastination.