In response to Cynsin: Chinese American Princess, Valerie Soe’s video presented today in lecture, I think that she has every right to use public video clips of her friend, Cynthia, to make a documentary about her. However, Soe did not use the footage objectively and came across as trying to slam Cynthia for not following through with their plans. Cynthia had become exactly what they planned to negatively expose in their article. My opinion is not about whether Soe treated Cynthia right or wrong through her film. I am merely trying to look at the situation objectively, from whatever information I was given. While her methods of retrieving video footage of Cynthia are legitimate and legal, Soe used that imagery to present her bias.
Ironically, Soe even commented on her own stance on the ethics of the matter. However, she commented on the ethics of contradicting morals in order to receive compensation in the form of money, fame, etc. As a class, we considered the ethics of using televised footage, which belongs to the public domain, to make a video about a specific person. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. Just be prepared to receive criticism from every angle.
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