- What does the film say about relations between the community and police force? The film was made in 1989. How much have things changed? (The choke hold that kills Radio Raheem is similar to the one that killed Eric Gardner in 2014: http://video.nydailynews.com/Staten-Island-man-dies-after-NYPD-cop-puts-him-in-chokehold--26426042)
- After reading Rosie Perez's memoir, how did you react to her performance on screen? Here's the opening credits which were cut in today's screening:
- What does the film say about race relations in NYC, Brooklyn, or anywhere? Are things different 25 years later?
It is clear that not much have changed in the relation police-community. we see cases of police brutality very often in the cities of United States. I also understand that the way one reacts to an officer's demand makes the whole situation workable. In my opinion, the years of occurrence of the events have nothing to do with a decent work ethic from the authorities because if one person is controlled by more than 2 officers, 100% of strength is not necessary to deal with the case.
ReplyDeleteI think the film reflect the reality, the police in this community are the highest class. I don’t think things changed now, racial discrimination and police oppression still exist.
ReplyDeleteRosie Perez’s performance reminds me of The Fly Girls, I think she was affected by those TV shows that she watched when she young.
Everybody is a racist, maybe things changed a little bit but still exist.
Not much had really changed, but sometimes you gotta see and try to understand both sides of the story. For example we had a tragic ending for this movie,because it end up with the death of someone, but in my opinion the police did what they had to do. The behavior of the people, and specially of those twp that started the fight wasn't the right one. From the beginning of the movie they were trying to do as they please at all times, and there's something called respect. Most of these people in the movie had none. If you go to a pizzeria and you're listening to loud music the correct thing is to shut it off, because maybe someone else doesn't enjoy the same type of music you listen to or simple don't want to hear it.
ReplyDeleteThe film says alot about relations with the community and the police, and much like in 1989 police brutality is very common. Even more so common most people would think thanks to social media and technology. People can just pull out a phone anywhere and start recording, and this is how many corrupt police officers have been caught.
ReplyDeleteThe scene where the police kill the teenager playing loud music on his radio, is very much like the video posted online of police choking Eric Gardner. This video caused a huge uproar in the community. People all over the country upset and disgusted with these police officers actions.
After reading Rosie Perez's memoir i was almost a little dissapointed in how little we saw her in the movie. In the book it was made to seem like she was so amazing and so good, but i didnt really see any kind of extraordinary acting.
As for race relations, nothing has changed. I see no difference in the way police treat minorities than they have been treating them for many years.