Pickup On South Street Film Analysis

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Representation of Disregarded Societal Groups In Pickup on South Street, Sam Fuller is able to portray otherwise undesirable characters as protagonists, unlike many films that have been released. By seeing characters such as pickpockets, former prostitutes, and informants in such good light, meaning against communism and even disgusted by it, allows for an anticommunist theme throughout. Additionally, with this more diverse cast of characters presented in the film, a certain representation of society's outcasts is shown, that would otherwise not be present which aids in a connection to a wider audience. Today the issue of a diverse cast is focused more on the idea of race. This was most recently brought into the limelight when #OcarsSoWhite

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