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Fr i day ,Apr i l30,y

Gat t aca Criminology Through Film

-1997fil m di r ec t edbyAndr ewNi c col .Ac t or s :Et hanHawk e,UmaThur man,J udeLaw. -Jer omeMar r ow( Et hanHawk e)hi sgenesar er emar k abl e( al t hought heyar enothi s genes ,het ak esbl oodandur i nef r om Mar r owandpas s esi toffashi sownt os how t hathi sgeneshav enot hi ngt odowi t hhi sgenesandj us thav ehi scapabi l i t yt os ucc eed)Hi sr ealnamei sVi ncentAnt on.Hi sl i f eexpec t anc ywas30. 2y ear s ,hegr ewup t hi nk i ngev er yt hi ngwasat hr eatt ohi sl i f e.Hewasi mper f ect .

-I thasbec omet henor mt oc ont r olev er ypar toft hei rgenes( al cohol i s m,ey ecol or ,myopi a,bal dnes s ,anypr ej udi c i al condi t i onsar er i dofft ogett hebes tpar toft het wopar ent s ) .Hi sbr ot herwast henc onc ei v edt hi sway( notl ef tupt oGod) .Hi snamewasAnt on( as onwor t hyofhi sf at her ’ sname) .

-Youdi dnothav ec hoi ces ,ev er y t hi ngwass el ec t edf ory ouatbi r t h.Vi ncentwant edt o beanas t r onaut ,butduet ohi shear tcondi t i onhewoul dnev erbeabl et o.Hi sr es ume wasi nhi sc el l s-geneoc i s m)di s c r i mi nat i onbas edongenes .I twasi l l egalt odi s c r i mi nat ebutnoonel i s t enedt ot hel aws .Hewasi nf er i ori nev er yway .

-Al ly ouhav et odoi sbel i ev ey ouc anbebet t ert hany ourgenes ,y oucanbel i ev ey ou ar en’ tasweakast hewor l dt el l sy ouy ouar ej us tbec aus eofy ourgenet i cmak eup.

-Anewunder c l as s :di s c r i mi nat i oni sdownt oas c i enc e,notbas edonr ac eors oc i al c l as s( c hangeofper cept i onst hr ought i me,s oc i al l yc ons t r uc t ednor ms ,howt hi ngsbec omemedi c al i z edi st hes amepr oces s-fi el dofsc i enc et aki ngpowerandc ont r ol ) .

-Hi sownmot i v at i on,t r ai ni ngands t udy i ngwoul dnotmat t erbec aus et her ealt es tt hat mat t er edwasabl oodt es t-hewant edt or es or tt omor eex t r ememeas ur es( c hangi ng hi si dent i t y ) .Suc c essi sac hi ev edmor eeas i l ybyt hegenet i c al l ys uper i or .Somet i mes t hemi ght yf al lf r om t hei rgr acebutt hei ri dent i t ybecomesav al uedc ommodi t y-he t ak esJ er ome’ s( J udeLaw)genes( hebr ok ehi sbac kandi sanal c ohol i cnow,wi l l i ng t ot r adel i v es) .Hegoesasf arast oex t endhi sl egs .

-Gat t acai st hebui l di ngwher ehecoul dbei fhei sgenet i c al l ys uper i or( wor k i ngt oget t os pac e-hi snewj ob,heus edt oonl ybeabl et oc l eant her e,hewi l lnowwor k ) .He

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Fr i day ,Apr i l 30,y wasa‘ bor r owedl adder , ’adegener at e,hewasdet es t edi ns oci et y ,ar el at i v el ynew s pec i eswhor ef us edt opl ayt hehandhegotdeal t( r ef usedt ol i v eac cor di ngt ohi si nv al i dgenes ) .

-JudeLawment i onst hatwhenhegotpar al y z edi twasas oberat t emptatsui c i de( he s ay shec oul dn’ tev enac compl i s ht hat )pr ov est hatgenesdon’ tdet er mi ney ourhappi nes sj us ty oursuc cess .Hei sget t i ngawaywi t hi tbec aus enoonel ook sathi mf orhi s f aceany mor e,t heyonl ys eehi sgenes .

-St r uc t ur ali s s ues :gender ,cl as sandr acedonotmat t erany mor e,t her ei sanewway ofdet er mi ni ngs omeone’ swor t h:t hei rgenes .Cont ex thasc hangedi nt hi sf ut ur i s t i c movi e.Heev ent ual l yconv i nc esmul t i pl epeopl et hathei sabl et odoi t( dad,br ot her , hi sgi r l f r i end)andfl awsoft hes y s t em:t hev i ol entmur der erwasav al i d.

-Sel f :hev i ewshi ms el fass omeonewhoc anov er comewhohes c i ent i fi c al l yi s ,buthe di dnotal way st hi nkt hatway .Swi mmi ngwi t hhi sbr ot heri sal way ss ymbol i c( s i t uat i onalac t i v i t y )ofhi sc hangeandhi sabi l i t y .Heus edt ov i ewhi ms el fasdef eat ed,unabl et oachi ev ehi sdr eams ,l i s t enedt opeopl ear oundhi m.Wher east her eal J er ome s t r uggl edwi t hhi ss el faswel l .Whi l eVi nc entf oughtt oov er comehi si dent i t yandbe t heper s onheal way swant edt obet hr oughsomeoneel s e’ si dent i t y ,J er omef oughtt o es c apet heexpec t at i onss etbyhi sgenest hathec oul dnotmeetpostacc i dent( obvi ous )andpr eac c i dent( si l v ermedal ,notgol d) .

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