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Homo or Brotherly love in Cry Game
When the black man is captured and bought into a private area, he is tied up and bagged up in the face. The long hair Irish man is the only face who the black man saw. The black man begs for the lift of the bag covering his face, but the long hair Irish guy said no. When the black man needed to take a leak, he took a leak, but he couldn’t stick back his genitals back in. He asked the Irish man to stick it back in. At this point, I’m thinking what’s going on? I would never do that. In another scene, they emphasized the black man lips while he was smoking. It show signs of eroticism. During the black man’s attempt to escape, the white man had the opportunity to shoot him, but he chosed not to. I believe he would rather see him run and escape then just die in his own hand. I’m not sure if this is homoly erotic or is this a brotherly thing, because he meets up and hooks up with the girl in the picture.
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My Beautiful Laundrette Class Discussion
After class, I was thinking about the discussion and realized that there were several things that weren’t mentioned. In the scene where the gang pressed up against the car, we were discussing the menacing atmosphere and how the choices on the director’s part contributed to our perception of that scene. The point of view when we see the backseat of the car is shot from within the car. This gives the viewer the impression that we are in the car with Salim and Cherry. Rather than observing the situation from outside of the car where we would be impartial viewers, we see the scene unfold from the viewpoint of the potential victims. This adds to the emotional value of the scene. I also thought it was interesting that the only time we see Omar’s face during the scene is before and after the ordeal; it almost seems like he is not scared of or affected by the rowdy gang, which could be an argument in favor of him being clever enough to know what he’s doing by driving through this neighborhood.
And in response to the observations about the unrealistic aspects of the movie: the credits are also a bit unrealistic for this type of film. They spin on the screen and are accompanied by a bubbling sound. It’s associated with a laundrette but seem a bit comical and cartoonish to me.
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Windows and Relationships
From the Beautiful Laundrette, I have noticed in Powder Laundry the window that’s a mirror. In one view of the window/ mirror, you can see a reflection of one self. In the other view of the window/mirror, is where you can view from the inside to the outside. I believe that this is window is symbolic to the whole idea of relationships. For instance, the relationship between Omar and Johnny (or Jonny), on how they don’t want the world to know their relationship and only want to keep it to themselves. Another example of this one way window is Saleen (if I mispelled his name, I’m sorry) in his cocaine trafficking.
P.S. is this the right place to put a thread like this?
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