First Post - A Cartoon.

This document is a cartoon, called "The Fanatic Geek", by Chappatte published in the International Herald Tribune. We don't have any information about the date.
It deals with the notion of progress, especially with the Internet impact on the cinematographic world.

What catches the eye is probably, the man in black in the middle part of the cartoon, who's signing an autograph. But the boy in front of him too. We can recognize the event because of the Cannes festival logo in  the top left-hand corner.
This cartoon includes a balloon, which can make us understand the situation, the Cannes festival logo, and the "at sign" print on the boy´s T-shirt which represent the Internet.

The cartoonist aims to criticize the Internet evolution and the impact it has on our society. Here it criticizes people who download movies illegally, and pretend to be fans of the movie director.
Generally speaking the message put across by the cartoonist is not to pirate movies, because  it is not rewarding for directors and actors.

The document is well designed, because it is easy to understand the message it wants to share.
It's pretty convincing but the argument is not really developed, and we can interpret it in many ways.
I think that  can influence the readers but, that can't shock them at all.
I obviously agree with the cartoonist, but at the same time we're living in an expensive society, and some people prefer to do illegal things than spend money. The thing is that nothing is done to promote culture, and people prefer to access it, even in a bad way.

This situation was true, and probably continues to be. It's happening the same with the music industry. It's not a positive situation because is not rewarding for some persons. People pirate movies all around the world, so it's a huge problem, because nobody can really stop that. So, we can conclude saying that it's a negative thing but, all the people don't think so.