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The film Straight Outta Compton does an excellent job illustrating what it was like to be an African American back in the 1980s. In the 1980s police brutality was at an all time high and it is clearly shown throughout this movie. The audience gets a good feel for what it was like back then. It can be a very eye opening movie. During the mid-1980s, a small city near Los Angeles was Compton, California, this was one of the most dangerous places in the country at the time. When five young men show their

Straight Outta Compton Straight Outta Compton opens with the sound of a police helicopter. We are in Compton, a city in Los Angeles, with large amounts of poverty and violence, and a distinct absence of white people. It's the mid-1980s, gang and police violence are every day. Out of all this comes N.W.A: a rap group that decided to take a showdown with the community and writes songs about how life really was for five black, young boys from Compton. Straight Outta Compton is based on the rise and

Straight Outta Compton is a biopic telling the story of rap group NWA. The movie is for entertainment but also informs the audience of the rise and fall of not only the group itself but the members. The film is produced by Ice Cube, Dr Dre, and Tomica Wright, wife of Eazy E, so the portrayal of the characters is not only authentic, but personal and respectful. The themes, music, and characters make this movie relatable to minorities. Straight Outta Compton begins with Eric Wright, Eazy E, in the

Viola Signorile Criminology Movie Extra Credit - Straight Outta Compton Straight Outta Compton is an American biographical film that exhibits the rise and fall of the world’s most dangerous gangster rap group, “Niggaz Wit Attitudes,” also known as the N.W.A. This film takes us back to 1987, where a significant social revolution began in Compton, California, focusing in on every day life styles of five young cultural rebels; Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and MC Ren. Dr. Dre’s interest

F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 biographical drama based on the controversial American hip hop group of the 1980s and 1990s that were based in Compton California, who rose to fame through their glorified battle with the police department. The storyline captures the rise and fall of internal friendships, the constant conflict between managers and artists, plus many creative and controversial themes. The film begins with the introduction of the three most well known members of the

The film Straight Outta Compton was a biographical film that followed the young rap group the N.W.A. The struggles and obstacles shown throughout the movie shows the viewers what it was like growing up as a black male in Compton, California during this time while also trying to become successful in the music industry. Throughout the movie it is very noticeable that there was an excessive amount of stereotyping towards the average black male. In one of the first scenes of the movie an act of gang

Main Characters The film Straight Outta Compton directed by Gary Gray is about the trendsetting rap group Niggas With Attitudes (N.W.A). The film shows a timeline of the rise of fall of the rap group. N.W.A can be considered a notorious because their lyrics publicized and glamourized the “gangsta lifestyle”. The founding members of N.W.A, and main characters in the film are Eazy-E, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. Eazy-E Eric Wright, but known as Eazy-E was the frontline man of N.W.A. Before, the group was

Jacques Baynes ENG 101 October 2, 2015 Brad Baumgartner Straight Out Of Compton “Any publicity is good publicity. “Aspiring rapper Eric “Eazy-E” Wright states to the rest of his fellow N.W.A brothers as they sit to discuss the police and F.B.I threats that they have been receiving in the mall. The movie Straight Out of Compton is based on the true story about six troubled some young black men residing in Compton, California who rise unexpectedly to fame, using their viciously honest rhymes

the first gangsta rap group to become mainstream in the music industry. Eazy E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and Dj Yella were the original members. Straight Outta Compton chronicles the creation, rise and fall of the iconic rap group NWA along with the social unrest occurring during this era. The film gleemed its name from the group’s first album, Straight Outta Compton released in 1988. The controversial album went double platinum and rubbed many government and police officials the wrong way with the

Straight Outta Compton tells the mostly true story of the formation, rise, and eventual separation of the hip hop group N.W.A. in the late 1980s. N.W.A. was an influential force in rap music and is today considered the forerunner of gangsta rap. In this movie, Eazy E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube are the main characters while other featured characters are manager Jerry Heller, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The movie gives a brief background on each of the main three characters and shows how they joined forces to