Wednesday, July 14, 2010

drunks have the right morals

You can tell that this is an independent film because of the realism. Each person probably can relate to all the characters in this film to someone in their lives. Mookie of example is a man that has constant conflict. his biggest conflict in my opinion s job verses his friends. He is trying to make a living but when his friend comes in and starts telling Sal that he needs to put black people on the wall you can tell the problems that it causes for mookie. Another character that is relatable to the viewers are the three black men. Those three men remind me of some of my coworkers. They complain all day and never do any thing about it. In the scene were they are sit en their they all say they need more black business but no one dose any thing about it. Another reason why they remind me of my coworkers is that they sit on the cornor all day and make fun of each other. At work their is a group of guys that do the same thing. My favorite character is DA Mayor. When first see him you think that he is a bum because he is drunk and dirty. In reality though I believe that he has the best morals of any of the characters. The first scene were you start to see that he is a good guy is when he tells Mookie that he should always do the right thing. Another scene were he shows us that he is a good guy is when he saves the little boy. When the boy's mother starts to punish him Da Mayor tells her to take it a little easier on the boy because of what he has been though. The final reason why you can tell the Da Mayor is a good guy is that he is the only one when the riot starts that keeps a level head. This could be because he is drunk. In that scene he takes Sal and his boys to a safer spot while everyone else destroys his shop.
Another reason why you can tell that this is an independent film if by the language that Hollywood films they do not cuss the whole movie but in this film it never real stops. Also in most a main stream films you would not find this much racism. in this film every group hates the other. The cops hate every one, the Hispanics hate the blacks, and the blacks hate the Koreans. The final way you can tell that this is an independent film is that all the conversation seam like a real conversation and big films I don't think that you get that. In the scene were the kids are jumping Da Mayors case the emotions that are being portrayed are what I believe it would be like in real life. The words seam more real then a scrip to me.

2 comments:

  1. This is a fantastic entry, Art, probably one of your best so far. You've make great progress with each new entry, thanks for that!
    You point out some important issues, and you are the the first student to see the dilema that takes a forefront with Mookie, about peer pressure to be more assertive as well as active about racism but he really doesn't care about much except for getting paid.
    Also, you notice that our hero, or protagonist here, is an unlikely hero, a VERY unlikely hero. You're right, too, in that him being slightly drunk he is somehow able to keep a level head (as he never acts like an inappropriate drunk, and with excessive alcohol we all know there will be a lapse in judgment at some point). Anyway, very thorough and creative argument there. Finally, the language and issues brought up by this film are the main reasons this content would have never been touched by a studio. To achieve the gritty realness of the Bed-Stuy neighborhood and the blatant as well as subtle racism that exists in diverse American neighborhoods, that's what makes it truly independent - and truly effective. Thanks for posting.

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