If a journalist doesn't do there job, they don't get paid, they don't feed there family, and the company just finds someone else who will do the job. This is just like a lawyer is paid to defend a client whether or not they know for a fact that their client is guilty. What is the world becoming, money is manipulating everyone and its the people at the top, the ones in power, the ones who make the choices, that control it all. Many successful corporation owners don't need any more money to survive though they continue to cut corners and find ways to make more money as though its just a game, the affects of this are clear as day. I just recently watched a movie called "Devils Advocate" starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. The movie follows the descent of keanu reeves who at the beginning is a successful small time lawyer in Florida and gets recuited by a Big time New york law firm. He is found defending large real estate owners and corrupt corporation ceo's who he knows are guilty by the way. Pacino, the boss, offers him undeniable incentives. Reeves thinks it is everything he has ever wanted but like most plots unravle it is the exact opposit. Pacino emulates the devil in every trait he possesses, this allows Reeves to be tricked into thinking he is something he's not. Like society in the U.S. today, people are so busy, they are unable to see the door of truth as its being slammed on their face. Idleness is the most shameful thing an American can possess, proof of this is the law that most cities especially where i live have laws regulating the length of your grass, and to make it short they have a bunch of laws regulating the way your lawn can look. What is the underlying affect of this ignorant people would ask, which would be most of America, well this little law does quite a lot to our culture. It keeps us from doing the one thing our Government fears, an idle citizen, because someone who may be idle, may take the time to think, for God's sake, if someone were to think to hard or look into what is going on in the world, they might catch on to the darkness our world is radiating as the sun radiates light. This is shown in the film, since Reeves is so busy worrying about his job and doing it well, he is blinded, while two pure figures represented by his wife and mother can see all to clear what the truth is infront of them. The wife does not have a job and therefor has plenty of time to step back from the wreck and see what is happening to her husband. Reeves is seduced by the devil (Pacino), he becomes an agent of power just as media journalists and pop culture producers have in our world. This intoduction Reeves and his wife have is very similar to "The Faerie Queene" written by Edmund Spencer when Redcrosse, a holy character who's faith is constantly tested throughout his journey to save a princesses parents, and Duessa are brought to the "House of Pride". It is beautiful and lavish, with a very broad door, Redcrosse and Duessa are brought in and marvel at the wealth and beauty. This scene directly corelates to when Reeves and Pacino first meet. Pacino is showing Reeves what could be his, a intoxicatingly exquisite apartment at the top of a tall building in New York. The next characters that follow are much like the characters in the Faerie Queene. They are welcomed by the whole court but especially by Lucifera, the Queen of the palace. In "Devils Advocate, Reeves meets the Lucifer of the movie, she is everything our society tags as beauty. The next characters are introduced as follows, Idleness, Gluttony, Lechery, Avarice, Envy, and Wrath, their appearances appropriate to their names. In "Devils Advocate" most of the characters hold very similar traits however they aren't named by their vice but rather you can see it in their actions.

Everything this movie shows is how media (and the entire world) is completely dictated by money and profits which is understandable. But what we must ask ourselves is, how much is our dignity worth? Are our actions really justified by the fact that this world is so corupt. Is ignorance a legit excuse, when someone doesn't check their blind spot because they are ignorant cutting you off which could end in your death, is her ignorance to blame, of course it is, if someone doesn't have the consciousness to look behind them and hold the door for an extra second or two to help a fellow human being out, they are a problem, when did parents stop teaching their kids to say please and thankyou, Ignorance is obviously bliss because you never have to think about the person next to you or anyone else in the entire world. Are we doomed to fall into this vicious cycle, are our kids going to enjoy living in this world that we so took part in creating so unconsciously. I hope, I really do that something changes, we need a leader, we need an idol, someone who shows good morals and can relate these to a generation saturated with selfishness. We don't need rappers on tv saying how cool it is to be in a gang and throw money at women and pull out guns and wave them around like that makes you important, anyone can buy a gun and fire it, how can possibly make you powerful, your not, your a joke, a piece of kleenex used for someones snott that is sitting in a dumpster. Yet our pop culture portrays these people as hero's, idols to our world. How can someone idolize garbage, it's like smelling dog poop and thinking to youself, yea, ok that smells really good, no, it doesn't, it smells like dog poop. I am so confused.