Catfish

I liked the quote by the man at the end of the movie. "When I finally met the 40-year-old mom, we also met her husband and he told us this amazing story," Schulman explained. "They used to take these live cod in these giant vats on ships from Alaska to China, but by the time the fish got to China, their flesh would become mushy and tasteless, so some guy had the bright idea to put catfish in the vats with the cod to chase them around and keep them moving, and he finished by saying that he thanks God for the catfish because life would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have someone nipping at our fins."

That story inspired Schulman and the "Catfish" filmmakers to name their project after those catfish, and not long after the film was released, the term appeared in the Urban Dictionary. "A Catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they're not- using Facebook or other social media to create false identities," reads the definition. "Particularly to pursue deceptive online romances."
This is a great quote because I believe almost everyone has a "catfish" in their life. My catfish includes: my friends, my family, and my teachers. I think it is good to have them in your life because it keeps you on your toes and keeps life fun and exciting. Brian is a prime example of a "catfish" because he keeps everyone's lives fun and exciting.

Articles

The first of the two articles I read was about a sports writer from Illinois who made a very terrible article. He was writing about a basketball team whose star was a Korean. He basically was saying that he was surprised that this team was successful because of the players that they had. He talked about their lead scorer being Korean. He also mentioned a red haired kid. Not only is that racist and stereotypical but that is just mean to poor judgment.


The second article was about how the Jews used to own the NBA like the African Americans or (blacks) do now. Jews were good at basketball because they were "short and had god given speed" according to the article. Which is now completely different in the NBA now because the average height and weight is 6 feet 6 inches tall and 220 pounds.


Both of the article are stereotypical and somewhat comical. It is funny to see what all has changed and well what hasn't changed in peoples minds too.