{"id":10186,"date":"2019-05-04T19:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T03:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=10186"},"modified":"2024-08-21T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:11:09","slug":"the-silence-anaylsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/the-silence-anaylsis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Silence\u201d anaylsis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]\"\"\r\n\r\nChrys Weedon<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span>\r\n\r\nThere seems to have been an uptick in pieces of media that feature characters with disabilities, and storylines that depend on them, in post-apocalypse worlds. \u201cA Quiet Place\u201d was immensely popular \u2014 popular enough to warrant a sequel, according to vanityfair.com. Recent Netflix release \u201cBlack Summer\u201d features a Deaf character who is challenged by his \u201cdisability\u201d in a world infested with zombies. \u201cBird Box\u201d is based on the premise that being \u201cblind\u201d is the biggest asset one can have when looking at a monster can kill you. Netflix\u2019s newest release, \u201cThe Silence,\u201d follows this trend.<\/span>\r\n\r\nReleased April 10, \u201cThe Silence\u201d follows a family, who happens to have a deaf daughter, through the onset of an apocalypse wherein ancient bat-like beasts escape from caves deep within the Earth and viciously attack anything that makes noise. Sound familiar?<\/span>\r\n\r\nSimilarities between \u201cThe Silence\u201d and \u201cA Quiet Place\u201d seem to end there, however. The main character of \u201cThe Silence,\u201d Ally, is recently deaf after a severe car accident that led to her deafness. Ally still speaks clearly, has some residual hearing, favors speaking with her voice to her family and even narrates bits of the movie. Ally\u2019s rudimentary signing skills and her preference for speaking aloud fit in well enough with the storyline, since it is mentioned that only three years have passed since she became deaf, but it\u2019s more apparently related to the fact that her actress, Kiernan Shipka, is hearing.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOther than the disappointing fact that a Deaf actress wasn\u2019t hired \u2014 of which there are many \u2014 there were other inconsistencies and unfortunate stereotypes that \u201cThe Silence\u201d seemed to play into. Whenever the perspective switched to Ally\u2019s point of view, sounds were muffled \u2014 because apparently there\u2019s no other way to show that she is deaf \u2014 and there was always a sharp ringing noise that overpowered everything else. The ringing noise had no obvious or necessary reason to exist, as it didn\u2019t tie into the storyline or character development. Although \u201cThe Silence\u201d was technically a book before \u201cA Quiet Place\u201d even came out, the film used a lot of the same storytelling techniques that \u201cA Quiet Place\u201d used, with more of the \u201ccan you only believe if having a disability wasn\u2019t the end of the world?\u201d sentiment.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOther than the tired tropes about disability, \u201cThe Silence\u201d used very quick and convenient plotlines to move the story, which is understandable since the movie only runs an hour and 30 minutes. Stanley Tucci did a great job, but the film overall left much to be desired.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nContact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/a><\/span><\/em>\r\n\r\nPhoto courtesy of Netflix.com<\/a><\/span><\/em>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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