Jean, Foucault

I find Foucault very interesting. I like how he opens with the quarantine theme described using surveillance. When he goes on to discuss “how this image of the plague is that of disorder” (96) and how it turns to isolation it makes me think of many movies of today’s time such as those of the Resident evil movies. This zombie disease breaks out and all of a sudden cities are shut down people quarantined and taking away from their families. The idea of the disease spreading and getting worse causes people to monitor the sick and hide them away. We all see this on shows like ER when they have small pox outbreaks; they instantly seclude the sick to isolation and surveillance watching there every move so no one else will be affected by the outbreak occurring. We see this idea of surveillance occur all over television and film in many ways not just sickness. This idea of showing power over people by putting them away or watching them without knowing fascinates human beings. More and more shows continue to come out with this over riding theme of being secretive and in control.