Write a comparison of the representation of
Mia in fish tank & Precious
Precious clip:
This clip shows ‘black’ people; to be more specific Black
women as the general stereotype loud and rude. What i noticed is the mother is
seen as more dominant just by using her voice she is seen as the predator thus
her daughter ‘Precious’ is seen as the prey. In this
clip the mother is using vile language and blaming everything on her daughter;
she is angry and frustrated at precious.
This film represents more so the black poor community.
It is a film that
stereotypes black women; ‘Jerry Springer’ a well-known TV Series ; it is a TV series
that generally shows the more negative side
to the more poorer community in America.
Fish Tank Trailer.
The comparison between ‘Precious’ and ‘Fish tank’ are that
both this female character live in a dysfunctional family; this is generally
the stereotype to people living in council houses & have less income. They are being targeted by their mothers and
are seen as ‘Rejects’. Arguably both their mothers are frustrated and want
some-one to blame for their life mistakes.
Both these clips show no male figure ; there are no father
figures in these films; this represents women as needing a man or they will
just turn out angry at the world. Arguably precious mother blames her for her husband’s
bad choices.
Moreover both these films represent single parent households
and both Mia and Precious feel alienated and frustrated and they both want to
escape the life there living.
Furthermore In
precious mostly all the darker skin characters where seen as evil &terrible
whereas the two lighter skin characters the teacher and the doctor where seen
as the protagonists ; the representation
was un liked .
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