Blog Entry 4

In the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green takes place in a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the future, NYPD detective Robert Thorn  investigates the murder of an executive at rations manufacturer Soylent Corporation. With the help of elderly academic Solomon "Sol" Roth. Thorn begins to make real progress -- until the governor mysteriously pulls the plug. Obsessed with the mystery, Thorn steps out from behind the badge and launches his own investigation into the murder. he role of food has a metaphorical meaning in the film. The "Metaphorical Meaning of Food" in the film Soylent Green is food is treated prosaically or as a mere prop to help the spectator engage with the story line; something to add a sense of completeness to the leap of imagination needed to believe in the cinematic illusion of a future world. This shows that food in was the main focus in Soylent Green because food was scarce during this time and the people living the slums were only able to survive on rations meanwhile the rich were able to have real food and not live on the rations. The film revolved around food because if the owner of the rations wasn't executed no one would've known that dead bodies were being put into the rations and that the political officials were having all the real food for themselves. If I was Detective Thorn situation I wouldn't be afraid to expose what was really in the rations. I would hope that by telling people they will revolt against the upper class. I would not be afraid of getting threatened  by the government for exposing what really was in the rations.