Kratika Sengar Quotes

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

Television is generally on the conservative side, so if you're seeing it represented on TV, that probably means it's really out there in the real world.

Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials.

Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.

You can tell the values of a nation by its advertisements

In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion.

The Pulpit, the Press, and the Novel—these undisputedly are the great molders of public opinion and public morals to-day.

I think that probably the time that people stopped thinking of Starbuck as 'a woman' was when they stopped thinking of the old show.

Popular culture is most powerful when it offers us a vision of how our society should look - or at least reproduces our reality.

Hollywood is a reflection of a general climate that we live in.

Hollywood and film portray who we are as a people and what we value as a culture.

If a Martian came down to Earth and watched television, he'd come to conclusion that all the world's society is based on Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. He'd be amazed that our society hasn't collapsed.

What we view in the media - and who presents it to us - does so much to determine how we think, how we feel about ourselves, and how we view the world.

You hear about these shows where there are all these women are supposedly always in a catfight, and then you find out in reality that they're all getting along fine.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

I think one of the reasons I've done so much period work is because I feel so depressed by how society chooses to represent women in contemporary work.

Cinema is a reflection of its own society.

On a scale of the United States, the Hollywood influence on what comes out, that's not the majority views of across the country. What we read in Us Weekly or People magazine, or Entertainment Tonight, it's not what the majority of the country is thinking.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

All you see on television are debased images.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

When I watch TV, I'm embarrassed by some of what's on.

The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations.