The movie Crash is an interesting look at a variety of perspectives regarding the interaction and socialization of several different groups of people and how sometimes their intentions can be misconstrued. In the movie‚ Officer Hansen proves to be a specially interesting character. Hansen is a white male who seems to have grown up in a fairly typical environment and doesn’t stand out from the normative views of an individual coming from his social grouping. Unlike his partner Officer Ryan‚ Officer
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The movie Crash has a lot to do with psychology; many of the characters’ actions and behaviors can be explained in psychological terms‚ especially in terms of social psychology. For example‚ in one of the first scenes‚ Rick and Jean Cabot‚ who are white‚ are carjacked by Anthony and Peter‚ who are black. Jean attributes the carjacking to the skin color of the two men: she believes that they carjacked her because they are black. When the Cabots are home‚ it seems that there is little equity in their
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Gus Hansen Poker Portrait Gus Hansen is a big name in the world of gambling‚ and in particular poker. With numerous titles and awards‚ along with a reputation for being a recklessly brilliant poker player‚ and a couple of books to his name‚ it is no wonder that his name is often spoken with reverence by even professional poker players and gamblers. His good looks which got him a place on the People magazine’s list of the 50 Sexiest Men‚ only adds to the overall persona and charm of the poker genius
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Identify a character in the film that presented both their public and private self  I believe that Anthony is a character that showed both his public and private self throughout the film. He was very opinionated about not liking white people and he did not care about what people thought of it. Anthony was very proud to be an African American and it showed throughout the movie. You also got to see a softer side of him towards the end when he discovered the van full of foreign women and children
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financially secure (but not exactly socially secure) minority roles in the film‚ to make one of his actors speak "more black" because that character was "supposed to be the dumb one." John Ryan‚ played by Matt Dillon‚ and Tom Hansen‚ played by Ryan Phillippe‚ are both police officers in the Los Angeles Police Department. All the main white characters are never shown struggling with their financial situations. Meanwhile‚ many (but notably‚ not all) of the minority characters are portrayed as destitute
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movie “Crash”‚ directed by Paul Haggis‚ shows us how racism can sneak up on you and subconsciously affect your decisions and the way you act throughout day-to-day life. Even the best of people can incidentally succumb to racism‚ as exemplified by Officer Tommy Hansen‚ played by Ryan Phillipe. Officer Tommy shoots Larenz Tate’s character‚ Peter Waters‚ when they get into an argument in his car. Tommy reaches into his jacket to pull out his statue of the Patron Saint of Travel but Officer Hansen mistakes
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Crash (2004) Paragraph 1: Crash tells the story of people from wildly disparate walks of life as they collide and intersect with one another. Each life is in some way personally affected‚ changed‚ damaged‚ or victimized by racism. They’re also all in some way guilty of racism themselves. via interlocking stories‚ the cultural‚ racial‚ and spiritual isolation of Los Angelinos. Due to the sprawling city’s decentralized‚ car-reliant layout‚ Haggis’s characters have become sheltered from those not
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HSB 4M: Society Film Analysis CPT Movie 1 – Crash: Snow falling in Los Angeles Two African American men steal a white couple’s car Was previously complaining about black stereotypes being placed on them‚ then ironically does that which they are stereotyped for. (Sociology) Couple talking about always calling the man (assistant) Watch for dynamics between man and assistant (tied into sociology) Wife (Sandra bullock) very racist and stereotypical against minorities. Spanish man changed the
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12-20-12 Crash Stereotypes The movie Crash is a film that begs audiences to question all the discrimination and all the wrongs that occur and are often unseen by the general public. Crash tells joining stories of whites‚ blacks‚ Latinos‚ Asian‚ Iraqis‚ cops and criminals‚ the rich and the poor‚ all defined in one way or another by racism. The plot revolves around the city of Los Angeles‚ a city surrounded by violence and fear. The issue of racial stereotyping is highlighted in Crash when characters
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Crash ‚ a 2005 film by director Paul Haggis‚ begins by saying‚ "It’s the sense of touch . . .we miss . . . so much that we crash into each other just so we can feel something". The use of the word "touch" suggests human connection. "Feel" conjures a sense of emotion. We want to be moved by one another; to feel our common human existence. Our search for this sort of human connection persists despite many peripheral issues which divide us‚ but it is the search itself‚ not the issues‚ which provides
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