norma rae assesment
Film Media and Drama
10/7/13
Norma Rae review
Crystal lee Sutton worked for a company by the name j.p. Stevens in Roanoke rapids, north Carolina during the 1970’s. She was fired from her job for trying to unionize her coworkers. Her story inspired the movie Norma Rae. A story about a women working for a textile company and realizing how unfairly treated she and her coworkers are joins up with the union. Only problem is that nobody else in the town is in favor for the union. But the film is not like other films that are in the theaters nowadays it is a character based driven movie and I don't think that catches the attention of the current generation which is full of action packed movies with fast paced plots and catchy soundtracks. Norma Rae is the complete opposite the story takes half of the movie just to break the stasis and even then it isn't that fulfilling. That being said I believe that this film is very effective for the time period it was made in because people were actually living their own life like the movie but now the world has changed so much since the time of Norma Rae. From the beginning it was obvious that Norma was going to sign up with Reuben, the union representative. This can be seen as a dramatic event because however obvious it was it was still very important to the story. When Norma got married to Sonny this to me was unexpected and I saw this as a reversal because to me it looked like Norma and Reuben were going to get together. But I feel that it was better that they not get together in the end because it left the audience wanting something more. The sexual tension between Reuben and Norma is an interpersonal conflict in the water hole scene Norma keeps swimming closer and closer to Reuben and you can tell that Ruben is uncomfortable. When Sonny asks Norma if she had slept with Reuben she replies saying that she hasn’t but that she does think about it. Sonny replies by saying that Norma is the only one in his head than rolls over
10/7/13
Norma Rae review
Crystal lee Sutton worked for a company by the name j.p. Stevens in Roanoke rapids, north Carolina during the 1970’s. She was fired from her job for trying to unionize her coworkers. Her story inspired the movie Norma Rae. A story about a women working for a textile company and realizing how unfairly treated she and her coworkers are joins up with the union. Only problem is that nobody else in the town is in favor for the union. But the film is not like other films that are in the theaters nowadays it is a character based driven movie and I don't think that catches the attention of the current generation which is full of action packed movies with fast paced plots and catchy soundtracks. Norma Rae is the complete opposite the story takes half of the movie just to break the stasis and even then it isn't that fulfilling. That being said I believe that this film is very effective for the time period it was made in because people were actually living their own life like the movie but now the world has changed so much since the time of Norma Rae. From the beginning it was obvious that Norma was going to sign up with Reuben, the union representative. This can be seen as a dramatic event because however obvious it was it was still very important to the story. When Norma got married to Sonny this to me was unexpected and I saw this as a reversal because to me it looked like Norma and Reuben were going to get together. But I feel that it was better that they not get together in the end because it left the audience wanting something more. The sexual tension between Reuben and Norma is an interpersonal conflict in the water hole scene Norma keeps swimming closer and closer to Reuben and you can tell that Ruben is uncomfortable. When Sonny asks Norma if she had slept with Reuben she replies saying that she hasn’t but that she does think about it. Sonny replies by saying that Norma is the only one in his head than rolls over