Poor Interpersonal Communication in Crash COM 200 Instructor Bianca Marino Poor Interpersonal Communication in Crash Crash is a movie that everyone should see at least once. The movie has a very diverse group of characters that show the different thought processes people face regarding stereotypes. A large amount of communication in this movie is expressed through nonverbal communication. Crash portrays many interpersonal communication conflicts, based primarily off of racism, which people face in the real world every day. The deepest interpersonal conflict I noted in the movie was the scene where the hitchhiker got a ride from a police officer.
“I have right like you, I have right to buy guy,” screams an angry man when attempting to buy a gun. “Not in my store,” demands the owner. “Ya you’re ignorant.” “Oh ya, I’m ignorant. You’re liberating my country and I’m flying 747s into your mud huts and incinerating your friends.” In one of the opening scenes in Crash, a Muslim man and daughter are trying to buy a gun when predetermined stereotypes interfere causing this exchange to be rude, discriminatory and definitely uncalled for. Throughout the movie Crash, instances like these where stereotyping and prejudice is a common source of conflict, reinforces how society constantly pins certain ethnic and racial minorities to prior historical events to determine a preconceived notion of them.
I will explore these issues as I compare and contrast the two films. The movie Crash combines the many struggles met by today's racial stereotypes into a collection of several related social problems faced by the film's cast. The movie is set in present-day Los Angeles, a city with an ethnic mix of every race. Their stories link during two days in Los Angeles involving an assortment of characters, two car thieves who are constantly speculating on society and race, a bigoted cop and his younger partner, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter, the white district attorney and his wife, a police detective with a drugged out mother and a mischief younger brother, a Hollywood director and his wife, and a Persian immigrant father. To Kill a Mockingbird deals with many basic lessons in human nature.
Asking his partner for assistance Ryan then starts to perform a very intimate pat down on her, sliding his hands up her loose fitting dress asking if she concealing any weapons. She says “I’m wearing a cocktail dress, what do you think”?! He replies “Oh you’d be surprised where woman hide things”. Basically the officer is molesting this woman right in front of her husband. There is a close up of both her and her husband’s face proclaiming hurt, embarrassment and the fact that there is nothing either one of them can do, because he’s a police officer; further adding to the animosity between black citizens and white cops in modern day L.A..
Pretam Malo Miss Lorrie DiBona Jones English 101 February 11, 1014 Why Are We So Angry In the essay “why are we so angry”, Dannie Hales talks about the phenomenon that more and more Americans are feeling pushed to the breaking point, so she gives several suggestions which could help you calm down from the anger. First of all, she talks about the incident which happened to Jerry Sola when he was in his evening commute through the Chicago suburbs two year ago. At that time, a driver in front of a fifty-year-old salesman suddenly slammed the brakes. Sola got so incensed that he gunned his engine to cut in front of the man. When they both stopped at a red light, Sola grabbed a golf club and got out.
2. Why does the director choose to see interestiong storyline throughout the film? The director uses a car accident in Los Angeles and brought together a very diverse group of people. As their lives collide, the issue of racism and racial profiling is clearly shown and explored, while each of these people individually
The woman was scared upon seeing them. There is nothing to do with skin color but prejudices are always the root of racial tension. Ironically they were criminals and carjacked Brendan Fraser and Sandra Bullock’s car. Another racial discrimination happened when locksmith Michael Peña was changing the door in Brendan Fraser and Sandra Bullock’s home. Since she was upset by the carjacking, she noticed Michael Peña is a Mexican-American with tattoos on his arm, the first vision she had made was gang tattoos.
sh AnalysisSydney Dodson Dodson 1 October 18, 2011 English 110 Crash Character Analysis People from all races tend to jump to conclusions and assume typical stereotypes of those who differ from them. This is a common and natural instinct regardless of how fair-minded one tries to be. In the movie “Crash,” many characters such a Jean Cabot, Officer John Ryan, and Anthony clearly demonstrate these racial assumptions, and are faced with situations that help shed light on reality. This movie takes an interesting and real look at the complexities of racism in present day America. “Crash” boldly reminds us of the importance of tolerance by venturing beyond skin color and digging deep into the reality of humanity in general.
Racism, an institutional ideology In 2006, the movie Crash presented many challenging portrayals of racial and ethnic issues. Crash is set in Los Angeles and portrays the ways in which people often show evidence of racist behavior, even while shielding themselves from the same kind of conduct, during confrontation. They do so when apprehensive and insecure: when discouraged with tribulations beyond their control, when threatened with a loss of self-esteem, and when frightened that racial others may extricate them from their place in the social structure. Racist behavior is an easy response because racial categories were fabricated to present superior and inferior status. Race is an influential idea and a continuing concept, made-up by society.
The social, economic and psychological elements make this film what it is, intensifying the feelings and actions of so many people in everyday life. Since our culture as a whole continues to stereotype and show racism to those who “are not like me,” the film stresses this point to every extent. The film is meant to portray life as it really is, although most of us do not want to think of it or see it that way. I do not think it is supposed to scare us as much as to make us realize that this is the world we live in and find humor in some of it. The lighting plays a role in the film also, as the scene goes from daylight to night is seems as if more of the bad things happen at night.