CBU Ethics 1pm

                                                     The Idea Behind the Film Catfish.

This week we watched a film called Catfish, which I found to be very interesting and informative. It was about a young man named Nev who meet a girl, Avy, that painted photos that he sent her. The film then develops a climax when the sister of Avy, Meagan, comes in the play. Maegan starts to send Nev texts about how much she likes him and they both begin a relationship online. Then Nev finds out that Meagan is been lying to him, when she plagiarizes on some songs. Nev and his friends then decide to travel to Michigan where "Meagan" and "Avy" live. When they get there, they get to meet Angela, the mother of Avy, but she is a very mysterious woman that constantly mentions the art work of Avy. Later in the film Nev finds out that Angela has been the character behind Meagan and Avy. Nev of course becomes surprise and a little scare when he discoverer all the lies that Angela had wisely planned. Throughout the film I had very little empathy for Angela until I found out the real reasons for her lies. She used the characters to portray her real life dreams by making Avy the artist and Meagan the dancer. She explained to Nev that she had so many dreams, but with her marriage and her two disabled step kids, all of her dreams where ruined and she wanted to find a way to get them back. I cannot blame her for that, because we all deserve to have goals in order to make life purposeful. However, she hurt the feelings of a lot of people, especially Nev's. In a way she became selfish without caring about the feelings of others. I am not perfect and I have committed errors in the past, but did is just my opinion and I do not think is correct to play with someone else's feelings.