Gender Stereotypes In The Film 'Crash'

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We are different, but we live in one world. The film became a clash in many ways emblematic films for some actors who took part in it. The film raises questions about many things, deeply emotional film, makes reassess values. Skin color, national traditions - should not determine the place of man in this world. Ten kinds of people start their day on the streets of a big city. How often do you come across to other people in your life? These "clashes" happen every day, and perhaps every hour, minute, moment. And if these people are not like you, they have a different skin color, they have a different religion, and they speak a different language - what if your result is a clash with them? All this begins a new rethinking when he get into this situation, and, in my opinion, the creators of the movie "Crash" perfectly recreated before us …show more content…
If you look like an Arab, then you're a terrorist; if you're black, then you fresh material to the prison; Mexican If you change the lock, then tomorrow you get robbed, and so on. But one thing, when we think about these stereotypes, and another thing, when we are faced with the influence of these stereotypes on the practice, and in many ways they contributes to their realization. And even more so when we are ourselves to someone the people of color who speak a different language, preaching a different religion, or anything else like that. A brilliant cast of which lit up Sandra Bullock and Matt Dillon played sincerely, no frills, just the way to bring your action from the screen to reality, to life itself. The film, of course, is not the easiest to understand, is not the most optimistic, is not the most fun, but this movie is very close to reality, very correctly conveys the atmosphere of the cocktail of human relations, showing how at times wrong, cruel and intricately our

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