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Depiction of audience use and gratification on "Fight Club" & "Se7en" -Compa

The depiction of diversion gratifications in "Fight Club" and "Se7en" allows audience to relax and escape from the real world.The main idea of diversion in the uses and gratification theory is escapism which is to make audience seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.In both the movies main characters were set into roles either start off having a very realistic and ordinary character such as an office worker or a cool seldom career as a detective. As the story continues characters began to encounter a set of events which may have make their life much more interesting eg. Fight Club the main character being part of the secret society group called "Fight Club" or "Se7en"where the main character faced series of murder coming up before his retirement.Both movies followed the similar path of using diversion gratifications due to the fact that it enables the audience to escape from the real world and actually enjoy watching the main character in both stories faced a variety of events which rarely would happen to them for instance investigating on a serial killing or murder cases.


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