Одна из лучших фантастических вселенных это Звёздные Войны. В ней одни из самых знаковых персонажей это джедаи. А среди джедаев один из самых интересных — Оби Ван Кеноби. Надо же было сольный высокобюджетный сериал про него сделать таким пресным... Все моменты, ради которых стоит смотреть 6 часовых эпизодов, можно уложить в трёхминутный ролик на Ютубе. И 90% хронометража там будет занимать пафосный синтетический голос Дарта Вейдера.
Ну да ладно, уже весь интернет прошёлся и по нелогичности сюжета, и по слабой мотивации героев, и по многократным нарушениям канона.
Куда интереснее лично мне ситуация вокруг актрисы Мозез Ингрэм, которая играла инквизиторшу. После трейлера и первых серий заявлялось, что на неё повалился поток расистских оскорблений: дескать, важный персонаж афроамериканка, и фанатам это не понравилось.
Но это меня удивляет, и есть подозрение, что дело не в расизме. Актриса совсем неубедительно играет, а её персонаж написан плохо и вшит в повествование белыми нитками. Я могу легко допустить, что люди ругались именно на это, и цвет кожи здесь был вообще не при делах. Трудно представить, чтобы фанаты Звёздных Войн написали Сэму Джексону оскорбления из-за того, что его персонаж Мейс Винду — чернокожий. Вероятнее всего, Мозез Ингрэм просто не слишком хорошая актриса. Но современная американская повестка позволяет на любые претензии кидать клич "Это потому что я черная, а вы расисты". Если чернокожий врач плохо лечит пациентов, то они расисты. Если чернокожий программист пишет кривой код, тоже наверняка пользователи расисты, раз у них программа не работает. Так и живут.
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Chetga chiqsang, ba’zi stereotiplar parchalanadi deydiku. Ha afsus koʻpchiligi haqiqat boʻlib chiqadi.
Masalan, Uzbekistanni Pakistan deb oʻylash.
Bu mif emas, men bilan bir necha marta boʻldi. Nafaqat studentlar, balki teacher koʻpchiligi bilmaydiyam bizni mavjudligimizni.
On dragons
The dragon Smej Gorynytsch was terrorizing the region around Kiev during the 11th century.
The hero Dobrynja vanquished the dragon ultimately.
This story follows the same pattern as Zeus defeating Typhon or Perun destroying Veles.
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Let's debunk one common myth surrounding the word count in IELTS Writing: writing more / fewer words than necessary will lower your score.
In the past, there was a fixed penalty for writing fewer words than required, as per instructions. But IELTS abolished that as of 2018, and you will not lose marks for being under word. It is also evident that there is no such thing as an upper limit in IELTS Writing. However, there is still a debate over whether or not going way over the recommended number affects your score.
Now, does writing 200-220 words for Task 2 universally mean you will lose marks? NO! It's not the number of words that would lower your score, it is what is associated with it: main ideas that lack development. Clearly, your main ideas need to be developed sufficiently, warranting relevant reason(s), explanation(s), and example(s). This means that you would need at least 5 sentences to write a decent body paragraph, which would probably contain 10-20 words each — if you do the math, you would need to write at least 250 words no matter what! This goes to show that if you were to actually write fewer words than required, your ideas would be left under-developed (Task Response: Band 5-6 as per the band descriptors), which means that it's not being underlength per se that would impact your score — it is its result that does so.
However, it's also a matter of the task at hand — whether or not it calls for a lot of words. There are certain questions that you could fully respond to with only 250-270 words, while there are also some that require far more words than necessary, say 500 words. In this case, it is perfectly fine to produce what you might assume is an overly long essay, as slashing this word count could compromise your TR score — you would not be able to fully cover the topic. So think twice before you pounce on my 400-word long essays.
There is also an issue of 'redundancy' — writing too many words than necessary language-wise — that ticks off many IELTS Instructors such as myself. I check dozens of essays every week only to find out that most of the words and sentences in them are simply unnecessary. In an attempt to impress the reader, students go out their way to use seemingly high-level words/phrases such as 'due to the fact that' instead of a simple 'because'. I completely disapprove of this practice and argue that efficiency and communication should be prioritized in any type of writing — you should treat your words as if you treat your money. Thus, especially at lower levels (Band 5-6), candidates are highly recommended to keep the word count hovering at 250-300 words.
Finally, let me also shed some light on Task 1, which is the part of Writing that doesn't receive the level of attention it deserves. When summarizing a chart/diagram, it is important to understand that there are usually a lot of key features you need to highlight and report. If you want to pull off Task 1, you should cover all those key features fully and clearly (Task Achievement: Band 8). Missing even one of such features would set you up for failure: Task Achievement: Band 4. As such, you might want to care less about how many words you need to write and more about what actually matters. I, for one, never think about the number of words when writing something; I focus on the message — so should you!
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