Film's subtle racism and stereotypes.
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DameDigbyChickenCaesar — 18 years ago(February 25, 2008 09:25 AM)
"Of course the men of colour are depicted as evil and white women are once again placed as victims in the film."
Yeah, like Howard's character and the man on the train with the kid Evil incarnate!
I've lived in NY all my life. It was a slice of life. This story just happened to be about a white woman victim. Oh, and Foster's boyfriend He wasn't a white man. Then again the whole Asian doctor thingthat could be perceived as sterotypical, lol. And I couldn't help but notice the thing with the Latina caller.
Overall, it's a movie. I found it entertaining. It served its purpose.
"The world was not READY for Big Audio Dynamite!"
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Eightythreeyearoldguy — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 09:04 AM)
"Of course the men of colour are depicted as evil and white women are once again placed as victims in the film."
Are you sure you saw this movie? Terrence Howard certainly wasn't evil, nor were the other cops "of color". Chloe certainly wasn't white and she was one of the victims.
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NJHateCore — 18 years ago(February 11, 2008 07:49 AM)
I guess you missed the part where the black cop helps her out at the end or the fact her fiance was not white. It's people like you who make any excuse as to why something is racist that have blurred the lines on what is truly racism.
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joseph-rybicki — 18 years ago(February 11, 2008 08:55 AM)
I'm sick of this "learning to use the gun" crap.
I see people every day who buy a gun, get lessons and can shoot and hit what they are aiming at the first try, before anything is learned from the lesson.
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contractorjohn2003 — 18 years ago(February 11, 2008 09:08 AM)
Hey genius,
The black guys didn't listen to radiohead - they STOLE the mp3 player from the white kid who was listening to radiohead.
And there were no stereotypes in this film, only things you'd normally see in a big city. The black kids on the bus was not over done by any means. Even where I live, black kids on buses make a point of being loud and acting menacingly. -
jdi-6 — 18 years ago(February 12, 2008 10:47 PM)
by - XcardfiendX on Sat Feb 9 2008 22:05:39
- Black guys dont listen to radiohead!
but someone might steal an iPod regardless of what was on it. dude, your comment is hilariousactually more-so a stupid statement.
- Black guys dont listen to radiohead!
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XcardfiendX — 18 years ago(February 13, 2008 03:54 PM)
I was referring to when the detective saw radiohead on the Ipod on the black guys dead body and said "I don't think this is his!"
Genius.
Also, maybe its just me, but I felt as if the makers of this film felt it might be deemed somewhat racist, so they added in random "good" minority characters to try to even it out and make it seem more like "New York." (old black guy on the bus, Jodie's fiance)Also, making Jodie's character not seem racist by having her fiance be non-white. (after all, most of the dudes she kills in the film are minorities.)