It's common that we are looking at the same image but don't have the same perception about it because some people might think an image of a beach is relaxing and some might think of it very boring and some might think of it as a disaster. Just like this article about 'Berita Harian issues public apology over tsunami cartoon'. This article is about a Malay daily publication apologizing to the public about the cartoon comic drawn for publishing is "distasteful" and "insensitive" by Mohd Zohri Sukimi or popularly known as Zoy (The Star Online 2011).
(Myvisitingcard.com 2011)
Through this cartoon comic of a Ultraman which well-known as a superhero from Japan running away from being hit by tsunami. Somehow, this might be a joke for some readers but it might also lead to criticism by some readers especially right after Japan been through such disaster. Therefore according to Kress and Leeuwan (2006), we see images entirely within the realm of the realizations and instantiations of ideology, as means-always-for the articulation of ideology position.
As for my perception, this cartoon comic is not humorous at all and somehow it actually makes me felt a little offensive and wouldn't want to look at it any longer or trying to understand fully what the cartoonist meant. It's a total disrespect to Japan that the cartoonist drew such comic after what have Japan been through with the worst disaster ever. Besides that, I think this incident will downgraded other countries' perception towards Malaysia as one inconsiderate country because the publication would just publish such things without having further thought whether it is appropriate or not.
References:
- Kress G., van Leeuwan T. 2006, Reading images: the grammar of visual design, 2nd edn., Routledge, London.
- Wong P.M 2011, The Star Online: Berita Harian issues public apology over tsunami cartoon, online, retrieved 7 June 2011, from http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/14/nation/8262608&sec=nation
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