A “Crash” Course in American Racial Ethics: Paul Haggis Didactic Film in a Humanities Context

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A “Crash” Course in American Racial Ethics: Paul Haggis Didactic Film in a Humanities Context

Yazarlar:

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Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2008 Issue 28, pp.63-86

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2008

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734682

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606

Özet:

 

Crash is a film for anyone who has ever introduced a thought or statement  with the phrase, “I’m not a racist, but . . .” The “but” is usually followed by  the thinker or speaker’s latest observations of other people behaving badly in  some thoroughly stereotypical way. This film, using intertwining narratives,  follows for thirtysix hours, much of it in flashback, a pair of thirty-something  L.A. detectives  a black man and Latina woman  and a pair of thirty-something  married couples: one the yuppie District Attorney of L.A. and his bitchy wife   both white  and the other a buppie T.V. director and his bitchy wife  both  light-skinned black . We also follow a pair of young black carjackers  one an  Angry Young Black Man, the other more easy-going ; a Hispanic locksmith  and his five-year old daughter; plus an Iranian man, his wife and their grown  daughter. Peripheral characters—whites, blacks, Asians and Asian Americans—  abound, and there are suffering older people, too: the white father of the racist  white policeman and the black mother of the black detective. The elderly father  has painful prostate problems while the elderly mother is a heroin addict who  cannot locate her younger ne’er-do-well son. The rainbow cast interacts with  one another as their individual plotlines intersect—sometimes violently.

Makale detayları

A “Crash” Course in American Racial Ethics: Paul Haggis Didactic Film in a Humanities Context

Yazarlar: Page LAWS

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2008 Issue 28, pp.63-86

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2008

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734682

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Page LAWS

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2008 Issue 28, pp.63-86

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2008

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734682

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606