Nico, Elaheh, LaShella, Julia, Christina

Lord and Quigley consider movies to be a form of entertainment, but they believe movies have a bigger moral obligation because of the size of the audience that they reach. Entertainment can either be helpful or harmful to humans. Helpful entertainment improves the race and helps them escape reality; on the other hand, harmful entertainment lowers the living conditions and moral beliefs of the people. Movies are also considered to be art which can also be morally good or evil, depending on the intentions of who made it. Movies have moral obligations because they are shown to every class in society and they reach places other forms of art can not. Movies are so attractive to different classes of society because they appeal to both the eyes and the ears. Lord and Quigley believe that movies are different than books because movies vividly presents with actions what a book only describes with words and leave the rest to the reader�s imagination. Therefore, movies leave less room f or interpretation. Unlike a play a movie brings an image right to the audience and people also feel sympathetic for the characters that their favorite actors or actresses portray. In general the mobility, popularity, and the overall emotional appeal of films have a greater impact on the audience which is why movies have a greater moral obligation.

In 1932 movies like Scarface were considered immoral by groups like the Hays office because they sent an immoral message to the masses. Unlike newspapers or books, movies like Scarface showed violence and corruption using visual effects and sound. Censorship groups were concerned about the moral effects these movies would have on woman, children, or even small community that had not undergone the moral hardening that occurs in the cities.  For example in Scarface Tony Camonte was portrayed as an attractive and appealing character in spite of his immoral behavior. The Hays office was concerned that children might not be able to distinguish the difference between real heroes and criminals that were portrayed as heroic.