Crash Paper My first impression of the movie "Crash" was that it was a bit overwhelming. Though I do agree that many‚ if not all of the topics are in fact true and made for the movie‚ I thought it was a bit exaggerated. The movie touched on so many different types of racial‚ class‚ and gender stereotypes and all seemed to have been related in the end. For example‚ the very first scene was of a car accident in which an Asian woman kept trying to say the word brake and the female detective mocked
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Crash the Movie Crashing into Prejudice Angela Rupp Fort Hays State University AUTHOR’S NOTE: This essay was written for the course Multiculturalism in a Democratic Society (IDS350) at Fort Hays State University. Instructor: Ms. K. Kerrigan Crash the Movie Crashing into Prejudice Numerous movies have been produced for society that address racial prejudice and stereotyping. The movie Crash is just such a movie. However‚ this movie
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During the movie Crash‚ I was bewildered by the racism in the movie. I kept thinking about all the offensive language and racial slurs the characters were using to offend the other characters. There were a couple people that stood out in my mind. These people were really the only honorable people in the movie in my opinion. So‚ if we are stranded on an island and I got to choose three of the characters with me there would definitely be some guidelines to follow. You would have to have good morals
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factors play into whether people think its good or bad. To make a good movie it takes money‚ know how‚ exposure‚ and most importantly acceptance. When asking the question was the film accepted consider three basic factors. Was it a Hollywood success? How many people went to see the movie? What were the opinions of the viewers? All these questions are answered when the film is shown. By applying these questions to the film Crash we can see how the general public responded to it. Audiences view a film
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Crash is a film unlike most other films. It takes a group of people‚ less than 15 main characters‚ and actually presents a somewhat realistic representation of race relationships. The movie Crash is chock full of sociological concepts‚ examining issues of race‚ social class‚ and gender‚ as well as many others. Crash is one of those movies that make us rethink even what we think we know about the world we live in. All of the ethnic groups are striving for one thing‚ to over come their fears as they
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Crash is the story of racial tension among different people and how their lives are effected and intertwined through each other’s action. This movie is about how society influences and shapes people actions therefore shaping their interactions. We shift perspective between the various characters and see how their lives are effected differently by aspects of society and how their action ultimately effect each other and society as a whole. The story starts off with a Asian woman arguing with the
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Crash (2004) Directory Paul Haggis Crash is a movie that takes place in a two-day period and puts racism right in the face of viewers. From the time the movie starts to the time the movie ends‚ there is racism covered. The opening scene shows a black couple driving and gets pulled over by two white cops. One of the white cops starts harassing the black couple and leads to comments about race. It quickly turns worse as the white cop starts molesting the female of the couple they
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Crash Video Reflection Artifact: Crash. Dir. Paul Haggis. Lionsgate‚ 2004. DVD. Describe: The 2004 film‚ Crash‚ tells a series of stories between seemingly unrelated characters of different races. The story begins with a car crash between Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle)‚ along with his Hispanic partner‚ and an Asian woman who begins to shout racist insults at her after the “crash.” Detective Waters goes to the nearby crime scene to notice a shoe on the ground and soon after all
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“Crash” (2004 Movie) Through interconnecting several characters’ stories the plot the movie “Crash” unveils the lack of connection and resulting xenophobia between people of Los Angeles coming from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. Even though in most other movies where the topic is racism has a sides of the offender and the abused‚ while every character of “Crash” does not have clear distinction in which side they are. All characters shows their good and bad side‚ both suffering from prejudice
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Professor Ramos INTL 2000 28 February 2015 Have you ever wondered if Hollywood could ever produce an Oscar winning movie that is extremely racially insensitive from not only implying the racial tensions‚ but also scripting the most racial slurs I’ve ever heard in one movie? Well‚ Hollywood did this when they created the 2004 movie‚ “Crash”. Actually‚ they could have made this movie without the actors ever speaking because the facial expressions were enough to tell the entire stories. There are
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