In this blog I will be talking to you about racism in films that we watched. The films that we watched that deals with racism are Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee, Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg, and Glory by Edward Zwick. The question that we are supposed to answer is would these films be different if they were directed by a person of a race. My immediate answer is yes it would be different if the director was a different race.
The film Do The Right Thing is a film that is based on several races living and surviving on a typical day on this certain block in Brooklyn. The different ethnicities are Asian, Italian, African American, and Hispanic. This film mainly takes place in a pizzeria named Sal's Pizzeria. Spike Lee actually acts in the film as well as directed it. His character Mookie is African American and works at Sal's as a pizza delivery man. Sal's is owned by Sal an Italian-American and his two sons, Pino and Vino also work at Sal's making pizza. There are other characters that are vital to the plot but I wont be talking about them. Sal ends up getting in an argument with some of the African Americans that are angry and Sal for "being racist". Sal and the African Americans end up fighting and one of the African Americans end up dying and so the rest of the African Americans trash Sal's and set it on fire. I don't believe that this film could have been depicted the same way if another person of another race directed it. Even though this film had other races mixed in with it African Americans were the majority population. Lee knew what is was like being an African American so that's why the film was able to be depicted the way it was. If it was some other race the film would have followed their race or just not have been the same.
The film Schindler's List is a film based on religion. This is based on World War 2 and how the Nazis' were killing and keeping Jewish people as slaves. This business man Schindler started to feel for the Jews and started saving as many as he could be moving them to his factory to work until the war was over and the Jews were free. He saves 1200 of them. I think that this film could have been done by a person of different race but it would be has meaningful and frightful.
The film Glory is about Robert Shaw leading the first volunteer African American company during The Civil War. I think that the film could have been directed by someone who was of a different race but it wouldn't have been the same.
All in all these films would have changed and been different if they were directed by a person of a different race for multiple reasons one because no one person sees the world the same. Two because they have a different take on what happened.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
RACIST
There is no doubt that there are racist people in this world. The question is; does race and sports correspond? My opinion before I watched any of these films or read any of these articles is yes. Race and sports go one and one with each other. In this blog I will be supporting my opinion. The films that we watched that had to do with race and sports are Glory Road, We Are The Titians, and 42.
All of these articles seem to be talking about the same thing no matter what words they use they are saying that still in this day and age racism is shown. In sports when you think about basketball you think of African Americans and how they are better at the sport than "white people". They are supposedly faster and taller so they become better. When you think of baseball you think of Hispanics being better pretty much for the same reasons that African Americans are better at basketball. When you think of football you normally think of African Americans as well. Sports seem to always have a race that fits them the best.
We Are The Titians was the first film we watched. Its about this African American coach that doesn't care about race he just cares about having the best of the best on his team. He cares about people that work hard and work as a team. The team didn't like each other at first but later on they started getting along and working together. They ended up changing the schools look on African Americans. They also winning the championship game and the towns hearts.
In some cases racism stopped in others it continued. The people in the films gained a certain respect and love for the black players. It was still a long bumpy road to the top.
All of these articles seem to be talking about the same thing no matter what words they use they are saying that still in this day and age racism is shown. In sports when you think about basketball you think of African Americans and how they are better at the sport than "white people". They are supposedly faster and taller so they become better. When you think of baseball you think of Hispanics being better pretty much for the same reasons that African Americans are better at basketball. When you think of football you normally think of African Americans as well. Sports seem to always have a race that fits them the best.
We Are The Titians was the first film we watched. Its about this African American coach that doesn't care about race he just cares about having the best of the best on his team. He cares about people that work hard and work as a team. The team didn't like each other at first but later on they started getting along and working together. They ended up changing the schools look on African Americans. They also winning the championship game and the towns hearts.
In some cases racism stopped in others it continued. The people in the films gained a certain respect and love for the black players. It was still a long bumpy road to the top.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Hunger Games
We watched several films that showed the hero archetypes. Some Heroic Archetypes are Hero as warrior, lover, anti-hero, romantic, scapegoat, and super heroic. When watching a film that fits the hero story you have to think about what kind of hero they are, the journey they go through, stages of the journey, and characteristics of the hero's journey. Ill be writing about the Hunger Games and how it fits the hero archetypes.
The main character is Katniss Everdeen and the film starts out with her and her family (mother and sister, Primrose) getting ready for the reaping. Where everyone in your districts names get put in a jar and they have a drawing to be put in the Hunger Games. This is the first year that Primrose is put in the drawing and she is very scared. During the reaping Primroses name gets chosen and before she can get to the stage Katniss volunteers as tribute in her sisters place. This is the first time you see the hero archetype come in play. The other person to be pulled is Peeta Mellard.
The Hunger Games is a way for the Capital to stay in control yet have the 12 districts to have hope. Its a game where a boy and a girl are picked from each district to play in a game. There is only one victor in the games. If you lose you die, President Snow pins people against people to kill one another.
During the days before the games the tributes go through some tests and trials. During this time the tributes are suppose to get people to like them and to show of just enough of their skills. Katniss isn't about making friends, she said herself that she isn't good at it. She just wants to survive.
Once the games start there is so many deaths in the first two minutes. Katniss runs straight for the woods because during that time you don't need to get supplies you just need to survive. After the deaths of almost half the tributes there is a little alliance going on between some of the tributes including Peeta. Katniss is confused by this but it turns out Peeta just wanted to find her. After some more deaths and after Katniss finds Peeta wounded and tries to help him the Capitol interrupts the games and tells the last couple of tributes that there can be to victors if they are from the same district. They also tell the remaining tributes that have some gifts from the capitol and risking her life to save Peeta's, Katniss goes and almost dies getting medicine for him. After that there are only three tributes left and they all make it to where they started the game and the boy from another district gets eaten by dogs. The capitol then says there can only be one victor. When Peeta tells Katniss to kill him she doesn't. Instead she gives him poison berries and tells him to trust her. They then attempt to eat them when the capitol decides to let them both live because there must be a victor.
Katniss fits the hero archetype for several reasons. The first reason is because she has the love interest Peeta and also Gael. Also she has the person she is saving her sister Primrose and Peeta. Her magical weapon is her bow.
The main character is Katniss Everdeen and the film starts out with her and her family (mother and sister, Primrose) getting ready for the reaping. Where everyone in your districts names get put in a jar and they have a drawing to be put in the Hunger Games. This is the first year that Primrose is put in the drawing and she is very scared. During the reaping Primroses name gets chosen and before she can get to the stage Katniss volunteers as tribute in her sisters place. This is the first time you see the hero archetype come in play. The other person to be pulled is Peeta Mellard.
The Hunger Games is a way for the Capital to stay in control yet have the 12 districts to have hope. Its a game where a boy and a girl are picked from each district to play in a game. There is only one victor in the games. If you lose you die, President Snow pins people against people to kill one another.
During the days before the games the tributes go through some tests and trials. During this time the tributes are suppose to get people to like them and to show of just enough of their skills. Katniss isn't about making friends, she said herself that she isn't good at it. She just wants to survive.
Once the games start there is so many deaths in the first two minutes. Katniss runs straight for the woods because during that time you don't need to get supplies you just need to survive. After the deaths of almost half the tributes there is a little alliance going on between some of the tributes including Peeta. Katniss is confused by this but it turns out Peeta just wanted to find her. After some more deaths and after Katniss finds Peeta wounded and tries to help him the Capitol interrupts the games and tells the last couple of tributes that there can be to victors if they are from the same district. They also tell the remaining tributes that have some gifts from the capitol and risking her life to save Peeta's, Katniss goes and almost dies getting medicine for him. After that there are only three tributes left and they all make it to where they started the game and the boy from another district gets eaten by dogs. The capitol then says there can only be one victor. When Peeta tells Katniss to kill him she doesn't. Instead she gives him poison berries and tells him to trust her. They then attempt to eat them when the capitol decides to let them both live because there must be a victor.
Katniss fits the hero archetype for several reasons. The first reason is because she has the love interest Peeta and also Gael. Also she has the person she is saving her sister Primrose and Peeta. Her magical weapon is her bow.
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