Media And Psychology : Spike Lee 's Chi Raq

Lee uses this documentary to voice his opinion against how the government handled Katrina. He felt that the government did not do what it should have done during this time and he shows his disappointment with the federal government through the movie. Lee conveys a huge array of arguments in this film from the government blowing up the levees to George Bush not caring about black people. Throughout all of these arguments his

One of the most notable points he shares is about the “City of Gods,” aka the Bronx's. McBride talks about how visitors ooh and aah over this city while 40% of it’s people are jobless. This is why McBride decided to embrace hip-hop and, “Confess a love for music that, at least in part embraces violence…

Even so, early on in my reading on this ethnography, I identified the role gender plays not only for the ethnographer doing the research, but also for the gang members. As the gang members matured into adulthood the similarities in these gender roles that match most societies became apparent,

2. I picked this film because of the strong message it is meant to put across, considering that Lee wanted the world to acknowledge that while society had experienced significant progress up to the turn of the century, people still had a long way to go in order for the world to be a morally acceptable place. Reading more information about the girls killed during the 1963 Baptist Church bombing really shocked me and made me want to discuss this film.

It address subjects that otherwise may not have been focused on. The fact that is a satire about gang violence in Chicago might seem a bit insensitive. Not everyone may see this movie in the brightest light, but it makes a lot of good arguments. It creates dialogue about sexism and the violence faced in certain areas of Chicago, which is crucial to solving these issues. Whether one may have like this film or not, I think everyone can agree people are talking about it and I think that was Spike Lee’s objective in creating it. This movie encourages people to find solutions and brings hope to those living in

Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” highlights the dynamics of a modern urban neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York. Lee presents the neighborhood through a cast of distinct personalities. Through the use of insulting diction and intense scenes in the film, Lee shows gives the audience a more critical view of the issues of race as well as the battle between love and hate in the characters’ everyday lives. However, Lee illustrates his images in each scene by using different camera angles, to capture his viewers’ attention to the film so they can clear the break of realism, with unnaturally slanting shots to remind the audience they are watching a film. The film deals with the issue of racism, the underlying message addresses the consequences when acts of racial injustices

On the hottest day of the year, director Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing, paints a compelling picture of racial tensions in one of the most diverse cities in the country. Lee’s style of cinematography is shaped specifically to emphasize the racial tensions between the characters, and he accomplishes this by using first-person and direct-address narration, camera angles, camera movements and distance.

In doing so, the reader is forced to realise that Chicago is not all good, but also not all bad. The readers also receive a more broad view of Chicago, which allows them to make more broad judgements. Larson doesn’t want the city to be viewed in only one way, he wants to portray a more realistic view of the city. I believe his dichotomy is successful, as we see one set of characters trying to promote a positive image of Chicago, and the other set of character’s destroying

“Spike Lee remains the best-known African American filmmaker” (Rhimes, 2000, p105). He is one of the directors who combined creative aesthetic objectives with political issues. Laure-Anne Crari evokes the fact that he offers a more Afro-American perception, a more real cinema on the Black question in the United States than the other directors. He does not exalt the Afro-American community. Furthermore on the economic perspective, the Afro-American derived some benefit from production only when directors as Spike Lee insists on shooting in regions with strong black density. She’s gotta have it (1986), one of the Spike Lee best success was shot in Brooklyn, a strong black density. Other directors like Robert Townsend depicted an “urban wasteland through a new social discourse”. Spike lee is also the precursor of the New Jack Cinema with the movie Do the right thing (1989). The New Jack Cinema results precisely from a musical genre: the Rap, another way the Afro American express themselves. Do the right thing, with a budget of $6 000 000, yielded around $24 300 000 . The success of Spike Lee’s movie incited Hollywood studios to trust the young Black

Fundamentally, to have a better and clear understanding of the Chicago Outfit, Dr. Johnson, Wayne, "THE CHICAGO MOB VS. CHICAGO STREET GANGS” He explained the basic foundation of Chicago Outfit,

The story of Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin talks about the relationship of two brothers. One of the main problems we see in this story is the miscommunication between the narrator and his brother. The narrator does not seem to listen to Sonny by ignoring him when he talks to the narrator about his passion for music. Instead, the narrator insists Sonny live with his then fiancée. This action of the narrator shows us that is important to support the family and do not judge them. Sometimes we ignore what the person is telling us and as a consequence, it can turn into never hearing again from that person. The narrator does not have empathy for his brother. He does not understand how Harlem make him feel. This city represents darkness, despair

A line in the poem “Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again” helps to illustrate the violent nature of the industrial city of Chicago. Violence in these industrial cities is becoming increasingly present at this time due to corruption and economic problems. Another line goes “On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger” which could possibly be caused by the Great Depression this shows how it effects the city of Chicago. When people don’t have food or shelter to survive commonly their violent and instinctual nature comes

It moves in these strange, unpredictable patterns that are disorientating at first, but eventually fits together like a beautiful mosaic. Every street you head down, there’s a different story, a different world, and a different mind. That mood is reflected in the tracks themselves. It’s no surprise that the centerpiece of the album, the seven-minute titular mini-epic. The piece is preceded by this little nugget of a spoken narrative. The tales deals with a young boy’s inability to recognize the cityscape. It’s a tiny trifle of an idea, but it’s one that contextualizes the title track. “City Music” is a real treat. It begins with this slow, minimalist beat that builds and builds to these hyperkinetic guitar solos and a multitude of additional instruments colliding. It attempts to encapsulate the magic of a city’s culture as well as its homogeneity and it succeeds in its

When he says, “Baby this town rips the bones from your back, it’s a death trap, it’s a suicide rap”, he personifies the town which helps the listener understand how bad the town really is.

Sandburg’s Chicago poems, describes working class. He is honest. He doesn’t idealize everything. In Chicago he defends his city, but he also admits that there are flaws which need to change. Sandburg ends this poem by telling as that his beloved city is urbanized (Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,..) , and also young and beautiful inspite of it’s flaws.