Films: Adulthood, Anuvahood, attack the block, shank, sket
Programmes: Top boy, 55 degrees north, line of duty, The Kumars at no 42, Goodness gracious me
Online: brothers with no game, Venus Vs Mars, The Ryan sisters, All about the Mckenzies, Meet the Adebanjos
To what extent can we apply Alvarado's and
Fanon's theories to these films? Do they reinforce or subvert typical black
stereotypes in British film and TV?
The theory of Alvarado can be used within these films such
as humorous as the people sitting on the wall are making jokes about
different subjects such as black people compared to white people. Within the
short film Destiny made ‘Gone too far’ dangerous has been involved for a brief
second where there is a group of people acting tough in the park. Pitied may be
involved with the boys on the wall as it looks as if they live in an estate and
that they are sitting on the wall which could mean they have nowhere else to
go.
The theory
of Franz Fanon can also be included within the films she has made as one of the
girls within her film gone too far could be seen as putting the white mask on
as she was acting as if she was part of the white society and as if she not
black. The main actors in both the films she made could be seen as gangsters as
they are seen as stereotypical black youths, which could then reinforce the
stereotypes of black people within British film. But the girl who is acting
white does not reinforce the stereotypes of black people as she is acting as if
she is not black.
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