Running Head: DRIVING MISS DAISY 1
MOVIE ANALYSIS: DRIVING MISS DAISY
Girma Mekonen
Bowie State University IDIS 460 Fall, 2014
MOVIE ANALYSIS 2 Introduction and summary
The movie called “Driving Miss Daisy” tells the story of a strong relationship between two distinctly different individuals of a Jewish widow and an African American man in a time of tense race relation
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It seems to keep a viewer engrossed. Hoke was very skillful in penetrating the prejudiced mind of Daisy as well as responding to her consistent
MOVIE ANALYSIS 5 denigration of him. Daisy’s apprehension of Hoke’s capabilities was moving and very realistic. It made me believe she felt that way given that time being the height of racism and racial segregation in the south. Similarly, Hoke, with his gray hair, intimidating body build and astonishingly odd grammar acted out his part perfectly. In this drama, at times humorous and empathic character piece, the characters strive to help each other as they get older. While Tandy is extremely credible as a prejudiced Jewish who can display her thought, Freedman is magnificent as the
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The plot is so simple that every age group can discern it. Similarly, the directing and acting are so beautiful that it enthralls anyone who likes movies. It may appear slow and boring for some people. However, it is a reflection of its time. It shows the injustice and huge inequality of races at that time. For example, at the time of employment, Daisy’s son tells Hoker that “she can say anything but she will not fire you” (Beresford, 1989). As a desperate job seeker, Hoke agrees with the arrangement emphatically. This is a true reflection of race relations during this time.
The movie clearly demonstrates the social inequality between whites and blacks in the 1940s until the 1970s. It denounces racism and inequality. However, it neither engages the audience to think about the cause of racism nor it narrates the ongoing movement for equality. It portrays poor correlation between racism and socioeconomic inequality. The movie also deemphasizes the collective struggle of black people for their freedom. It didn’t also reflect on the civil rights movement. Regardless of these legitimate criticisms, the movie is a good representation of life in the south at that
The strikingly accurate portrayal of the life of an African American family in the 1950’s did a great job of keeping the interest up. The director’s mise-en-scene gave the film a believability that is rarely achieved. They did this through the well staged apartment that the film takes place in for the majority of the screen time. The cramped and cluttered home sets the stage for the actors in the film to truly live into their characters. The actors did a brilliant job of portraying the wide breadth of emotions in this film. Their engaging personalities kept the film alive and vibrant the
The first example of comparison between the movie and the current times would be the Ku Klux Klan. The group called the KKK was a main threat to the African American population in the early 1960s (Hart). Currently, the Ku Klux Klan still makes threats to African Americans and other ethnicities, based purely on race. This group is found in the Southern States to this day, which makes us question on how far evolved some people’s minds have come since the 1960’s. In the movie, Mississippi Burning, we can see how the KKK is violent towards African Americans for simply being of color. One example from the movie is when a white man sat next to a colored, which resulted in the African American getting hurt.
Better race relations may be a tough task, but “Crash” shows how lives can cross paths at any time and the impact it can have. The consequences of incidents involving race in “Crash” may not be the same as the consequences of real life, but the eye-opening nature of the film may be beneficial to society in many ways. Works Cited Di Massa, C M. (2006, March 2). Different views of race in L.A. collide in crash'. Los Angeles Times, p. 2.
The first social issue portrayed through the film is racial inequality. The audience witnesses the inequality in the film when justice is not properly served to the police officer who executed Oscar Grant. As shown through the film, the ind...
The film observes and analyzes the origins and consequences of more than one-hundred years of bigotry upon the ex-slaved society in the U.S. Even though so many years have passed since the end of slavery, emancipation, reconstruction and the civil rights movement, some of the choice terms prejudiced still engraved in the U.S society. When I see such images on the movie screen, it is still hard, even f...
I am not a big fan of black and white movies. They don’t interest me, especially because they are mysterious and dark most of the time. At the beginning I did not take much interest in it because I was confused of what was happening and why it was happening. After reviewing it with the class the beginning made sense, so the second time I was more focused on the movie than the first time where I was just in blank about it.
In conclusion, after view this film, it is clear that one can see how black youth are being viewed as killers and savages. This is not true. There have been many admirable scholars and scientists who come from the African American culture. This movie, though it depicts what goes on in South America, takes the violence committed by black youth too far. One cannot view a film and take it that this is what a race is like. The filmmakers depicted black youth in a harsher light.
For this assignment, I decided to watch “Crash”, a movie set in the streets of Los Angeles California and that shows the lives of various individuals with different cultural backgrounds. The movie starts with the scene of a car crash between an Asian woman and a couple of detectives near the sight of a murder, as the African American detective Graham Waters walks around the scene he stops because he saw something that shocked him, and from there a flashback begins. The first relevant scene shows, Anthony and Peter, two African Americans individuals walking down the street talking about racial discrimination. As they talk a couple passes by them and the two decide to steal their car. This causes a chain of events affecting the lives of many
In the blockbuster movie The Blind Side, director John Lee Hancock brings to light an emotionally charged and compelling story that describes how a young African American teenager perseveres through the trials, tribulations and hardships that surround his childhood. The themes of class, poverty, and also the love and nurturing of family encapsulate the film mainly through the relationship that Mrs. Tuohy and Michael Oher build during the entirety of the movie. This analysis will bring together these themes with sociological ideas seen throughout the course.
Moreover, it is a palatable film. It offers a few solid laughs and will provoke some smiles; it’s a fairly typical, unremarkable comedy. While the original film had the breaking of racial stereotypes in mind, this updated version has it more in mind to have fun with them for the sake of the comedy. It is a romantic comedy that touches upon race relations following a fairly well established story-line. I would say that the one redeeming value of the film is the message of "seeing people, not color."
This movie is a wonderful production starting from 1960 and ending in 1969 covering all the different things that occurred during this unbelievable decade. The movie takes place in many different areas starring two main families; a very suburban, white family who were excepting of blacks, and a very positive black family trying to push black rights in Mississippi. The movie portrayed many historical events while also including the families and how the two were intertwined. These families were very different, yet so much alike, they both portrayed what to me the whole ‘message’ of the movie was. Although everyone was so different they all faced such drastic decisions and issues that affected everyone in so many different ways. It wasn’t like one person’s pain was easier to handle than another is that’s like saying Vietnam was harder on those men than on the men that stood for black rights or vice versa, everyone faced these equally hard issues. So it seemed everyone was very emotionally involved. In fact our whole country was very involved in president elections and campaigns against the war, it seemed everyone really cared.
The comedy movie, Driving Miss Daisy made its debut in 1989. It follows the story of Daisy, a wealthy Jewish white woman who is also a widowed school teacher. The film focuses on the home life, family, friends, concerns and fears of Daisy over a period of twenty-five years (Canby). Through viewing the system of associations and emotions elicited by Miss Daisy we develop a great sense of the love and patience evoked. This film brings out several sociological issues that plague the society. Different cultures and people have diverse perceptions about issues they are going through. A concern viewed as normal by some individuals may be a social issue of significance to another individual. Sociological theories help us understand these concerns and how to deal with them (Dillon 377).
One of the more prevalent themes of this movie is racism, and how prejudicial mindsets ultimately lead to one’s own demise. The movie outlines how racism, among other things, can adversely affect someone’s judgment. After the father died, we see how the family gradually deteriorates financially as well as emotionally after Derek (the older brother played by Edward Norton) turns to a neo Nazi gang for an outlet, which eventually influences his younger brother Danny (played by Edward Furlong) to follow down ...
This is a report on the story "Driving Miss Daisy". The main characters are Daisy Werthan, Boolie Werthan, and Hoke Colborn. Alfred Uhry wrote the play. It started in nineteen forty-eight and ended in nineteen seventy-three. It’s a play based on a female Jew, which is Daisy Werthan, which passes the ages of seventy-two to ninety-seven years old, and a black chauffeur named Hoke. Daisy’s son Boolie is stuck in between Daisy’s prejudice and Hoke. Here goes.
Two Caucasian police officers come to odds as one uses his authority to unnecessarily pull over a couple who they believe is biracial and therefore wrong. Throughout the entire film race, this is one of the most prominent themes. The film shows that racism is not one sided as the characters themselves are Caucasian, black, Persian, Iranian, and Hispanic. The film shows that race assumptions are not something that is just in existence, but rather society builds up these prejudices and ideas.