Monday, January 13, 2014
Blackfish doesn't stop SeaWorld Peyton Wilson 5th period
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/13/us/seaworld-record-revenue/index.html?hpt=us_c2
If you haven't seen the film Blackfish, this doesn't seem very important or monumental.
Blackfish was a film exploiting killer whales in captivity and the psychological trauma it brings them. I personally couldn't get through the first ten minutes because I had already started getting too emotional, but in those short moments, I got the gist. Big tourist attraction plus some really big, mysterious, aquatic mammals equals billions and billions of dollars. When you go to SeaWorld, it is difficult to not be enchanted by the animals and mystified by their relationship with the trainers, but after seeing the movie and how mentally crippling the capturing of these orcas is, contempt is the first thing to come to mind when someone mentions the name SeaWorld.
This goes back to "any publicity is good publicity." Whether or not these people condone what SeaWorld is doing, they feel compelled to go check it out for themselves and make sure Shamu is alright because if they don't, the world will open up and swallow them whole. They are still paying admission, so what does it matter to the corporation if they agree with what they are doing or not?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I haven't seen the documentary, but I heard about it. I completely agree with you. The best way for people to show that they truly disagree with what is going on is to stop going to Sea World. It's horrible that things like this are able to happen without people noticing and stopping them.
ReplyDeletedude I watched the whole thing and bawled my eyes out. what you learn is that everything about a captive orca's life is problematic and dangerous, leading to serious mental trauma and frustration, which is illustrated perfectly in Tilikum's case. he's caused the deaths of several trainers, not just the one. not to mention the fact that the whales kill and maim each other. SeaWorld goes to great lengths to cover up the fact that these animals are being exploited, and in some ways, so are the trainers, who are fed tons of misinformation every day so that they are led to believe the whales are happy and everything's all right
ReplyDelete