Stereotypes In The Movie Crash
In the 2004 film Crash, writer and director Paul Haggis presents a complex story that intertwines characters of differentiating races, ethnicities, cultures, genders, and socio-economic backgrounds. It explores the controversial topics of stereotypical racial clashes and cultural diversity in the American society. The plot takes the viewer on a 36 hour, voyeuristic journey into the lives of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iranians, cops, and criminals, both upper and lower class. Haggis showcases characters that cross paths revealing the various complexities of the prejudices and racisms that are ingrained in interrelationships.
In the opening scene a black man, L.A. Detective Graham Waters, and his partner a female Latino detective, Ria, …show more content…
Coincidentally it is Cameron and after all he has been through in the last 24 hours he snaps and traps Anthony in the car after he takes his gun. Peter runs away when cop cars approach the scene. After a brief chase, two police cars stop Cameron and orders him to get out of the vehicle with his hands in the air, however, he is uncompliant and confronts the police. Hansen being one of the responding officers recognizes him and tells the other police officers that he is ok. Finally they are let go and Cameron gives Anthony his gun back and tells him, “Look at me. You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself.”, Anthony says nothing. Later that evening, Peter is hitchhiking back to town. He is picked up by Hansen who is now off duty. Once Peter is in the car a blasé conversation is addressed when Peter notices the St. Christopher statue on Hansen’s dash. Thinking that Peter is mocking him Hansen asks Peter to get out of the car. Peter in an attempt to explain reaches into his pocket to pull out his statue when Hansen believes he has a weapon, fires and shoots him dead. In shock he pushes Peter out of his car onto the side of the road and drives off. Returning to the opening scene, Officer Graham is approaching the crime scene with the dead body. Upon examining the body he realizes that it is his brother. Lose ends are tied up in the consecutive scenes all based around racial and cultural differences. The past 36 hours has transformed the culturally learned racial stereotypes of all occurring
In the opening scene a black man, L.A. Detective Graham Waters, and his partner a female Latino detective, Ria, …show more content…
Coincidentally it is Cameron and after all he has been through in the last 24 hours he snaps and traps Anthony in the car after he takes his gun. Peter runs away when cop cars approach the scene. After a brief chase, two police cars stop Cameron and orders him to get out of the vehicle with his hands in the air, however, he is uncompliant and confronts the police. Hansen being one of the responding officers recognizes him and tells the other police officers that he is ok. Finally they are let go and Cameron gives Anthony his gun back and tells him, “Look at me. You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself.”, Anthony says nothing. Later that evening, Peter is hitchhiking back to town. He is picked up by Hansen who is now off duty. Once Peter is in the car a blasé conversation is addressed when Peter notices the St. Christopher statue on Hansen’s dash. Thinking that Peter is mocking him Hansen asks Peter to get out of the car. Peter in an attempt to explain reaches into his pocket to pull out his statue when Hansen believes he has a weapon, fires and shoots him dead. In shock he pushes Peter out of his car onto the side of the road and drives off. Returning to the opening scene, Officer Graham is approaching the crime scene with the dead body. Upon examining the body he realizes that it is his brother. Lose ends are tied up in the consecutive scenes all based around racial and cultural differences. The past 36 hours has transformed the culturally learned racial stereotypes of all occurring