B school experience is instrumental in developing new hobbies and interest.My experience unfortunately got me hooked as a avid movie buff, an side effect of academic rigor which sometimes results in people to loose the track.It is interesting to note that the acclaimed Oscar award history follows a significant pattern,I observed that the past 20 years of Oscars shows that the underdog story has been celebrated big in the Oscar.
Out of the last 20 movies who clinched the much coveted Oscar, 14 stories had a underdog narrative/ plot( i:e 70% which is a astonishing statistics).The ,Forest gumps,Rockys,Slumdogs have had a dream run in the Oscar and made big moolah.Is there a scientific rational or is it that the underdog drama makes up to a exciting celluloid experience.
The theory to it lies in social & sports psychology experiments Kim et al. (2008) speculated that emotional identification with the underdog may be universal as it hearkens back to childhood memories of being smaller, weaker, and, thus,vulnerable.A new study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin by (Joseph A. Vandello, Nadav P. Goldschmied, and David A. R. Richards) of the University of South Florida is of profound significance.The researchers propose that those who are viewed as disadvantaged arouse people’s sense of fairness and justice — important principles to most people.The researchers also found that people tend to believe that underdogs put forth more effort than top-dog which creates more appeal. Involvement with such underdog story help to stimulate receptors releasing hormones, people experience when they accomplish victory personally.
Simpler theory,underdog story have a catch they script the character who has nothing going for him but never the less is endearing in his own way.Most part of movie,protagonist fails but in this process a connect/ bond is established with the audience,and in this sympathy we unconsciously start rooting for the underdog.The story ends with our underdog defining all odds and coming out in flying colours,making it perfect happy ending for all.In bollywood Aamir khan masters this trick,be it Jo jeeta wohi sikandar,Ghulam,Rang de,TZP,3idiots or the Oscar nominated "Laagan" which lost to "No mans land" another underdog saga.,even the big bollywood blockbusters somehow follow this sure shot formula.
Oscar love their underdogs,what about you?
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