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Thursday, September 30, 2010
The last representation that I viewed of a Black male in a popular film was Scary Movie which features Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Marlon Wayans in particular is a character that Guerrero would not especially like. His character in the film fits into what Guerrero says about "Black energy and talent being more confined to expression in mostly comic roles and vehicles." His character fits into the typically stoner/slacker role in which his stupidity and obsession with getting high provides a lot of laughs in the movie. Although this is very common to see people like this in real life, it seems that this character is lacking three-dimensionality, which Guerrero might complain about. Additionally, the movie is interesting because although it features several black characters, it is not considered a "black film" as Guerrero says about movies with more than one black character. I believe that although the film is a comedy, all the black characters seem more like caricatures, and lack depth compared to the white characters. However, this could be a deliberate choice due to the fact that the writers and the director of the film are all Black and could be making a statement on how Black people are portrayed in films. One scene gives a good example of this: there is a tracking shot showing white reporters doing the news very seriously. When it comes to the fourth reporter, a Black man, he states something along the lines of ,"This is Black TV, white man got shot, we gettin' the fuck outta here." Clearly, this was done in a way that highlights the comedy of how Blacks are portrayed too often in film.
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