Straight Outta Narrative Analysis

The movie “Straight Outta Compton” is an interesting performance, which includes several restored behaviors due to the fact that the movie is based on real facts. It gives clear insights on how the hip hop cultured evolved from 1980’s to the 1990’s, and it also exposed certain social issues that affected the African American society that lived in the city of Compton. Schechner defines restored behavior as “physical or verbal actions that are not-for-the first time, prepared or rehearsed” (Schechner 22). The fact the the actors recreated situations that happened to the member of the hip hop group N.W.A. that falls directly to the definition of restored behaviors. This movie would be considered as a “Make belief performance” because it does not
All characters were performed by actors, who resembled the appearance of the real members of the NWA, and the film was centered on the actions and interaction of the 5 members of the group. In addition, the language used in the performance was mostly informal and complemented with slangs, which reflects the language the used by hip hop artists. It appeals to the audience’s emotions by demonstrating the difficulties that the group had to go through and the death of some characters of the movie. Music also had a huge contribution to the spectacle because most songs played throughout the performance are known by the hip hop fans. All these aspects contributed to the spectacle. Moreover, the film was highly advertised in order to ensure the success of the project. The strategies used in this film were also described by Geoff King in his article “Spectacle, Narrative and The Spectacular Hollywood Blockbuster”, King also mentioned that some argue that narrative is disappearing from contemporary Hollywood’s cinematographic production (King 119). However, this film is the representation of the opposite since it is entirely based on the story of the hip hop group, so the narrative is the main focus of the