Spin The Bottle By Ronit Ridberg: Movie Analysis

As Americans we tend to drink a lot especially in our younger years in college, because of this it leads to many issues. In the movie “Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies & Alcohol” produced by Ronit Ridberg was finally released it in the year 2014. In the movie there are several figures that speak throughout the whole movie that have an expert view on the topic. In the movie it talks about the dangerous ways alcohol consumption takes a major affect on men and women. Two people that talk in this movie try to decode the power and influences of social media images that have shaped genders. The biggest cause of concern here in America with drinking is at our college campuses. By exploring the college party scenes it shows the difficulties students have

Today at college parties men and women drink more than their body capacity can hold. In U.S. News they suggested that “men drink a maximum of four drinks daily and fourteen weekly, that women max out at three drinks daily and seven drinks a week” (Koebler para. 1). For men they think they need to drink tons of alcohol to fulfill their manly state. Coming from a man’s perspective the more they drink the more manly they are, therefore they tend to drink and build up their tolerance. Men also like to brag about their drinking habits which is why they want to build up their tolerance level. They want to be the “bigger” man so they compete with others by drinking. With women alcohols is a huge self esteem booster, they naturally think alcohol will open them up. This way they can talk to all the guys without being nervous and let loose and have as much fun without thinking of consequences. According to one of the narrators women will be the good girl during the day by studying and working hard, but when it comes to night time they become the bad girl and party and let loose from the studying (Spin the Bottle). Women want to make their parents proud and they do this by studying and working hard for their class, but come time to night they do not want to anymore and will go out and party. At the party women will act out in a sexually way and want to compete with the men and their drinking habits. A study of 992 college freshmen were followed over two years, researchers found that “women were more likely to exceed the weekly guidelines than men” (Koebler para. 3). That shows that binge drinking with women is increasing rapidly where the rates are about equal to the men. The narration and interviews of the women's perspective adds to whole movie. It gives the movie evidence from real life perspectives and appeals to the people watching the film’s emotions by reaching