The movie King Fu hustle is a foreign made action film revolving around Kung Fu in what appears to be the 1920-1930s. It also covers every theory of crime that we discussed all semester in the film from Lombroso’s to Marx they can all be applied to this movie The main protagonist of the movie are Sing the Kung Fu masters and the residents of pig sty alley, While the main antagonists are the AX gang and the beast. The first set of theories that we can apply to this movie are the last set of theories which is culture subculture and labeling theories. The theory of theorist Glazer is which as some criminals while impersonate bigger criminals or gangs and pretend to be them or in them. This theory applies to kung Fu hustle because in the Scene
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This theory is stigma and total intuitions and constructing of a spoiled identity. This theory can be applied to sing in that when he got beaten up as a kid for trying to be a good guy and then was peed on he identity as a good guy was spoiled. Due to his identity being spoiled he felt he couldn’t return to being good so he chose to be a delinquent as his new identity. Another relevant labeling theory is Braithwaite’s Reintegrative and Disintegrative shaming theory. Reintergrative shaming is when you shame someone and let them back in, Disintegrative shaming is the opposite where you shame and exile them. An example of this theory is disintegrative shaming is when eh shame and kick the kung fu masters out. An example of reintegrative shaming is letting sing back into the community of pig sty alley after he defeats the beast. The next set of theories is the control theories of crime. The first theorist in these theories is a man named Hirshi. His theory is social bonding, commitment, involvement, belief are reasons why people commit crime or do not commit crime. In the movie the negative criminal group that fits all these parameters is the Ax gang and there members on the positive non-criminal side is the members of pig sty alley
This theory is stigma and total intuitions and constructing of a spoiled identity. This theory can be applied to sing in that when he got beaten up as a kid for trying to be a good guy and then was peed on he identity as a good guy was spoiled. Due to his identity being spoiled he felt he couldn’t return to being good so he chose to be a delinquent as his new identity. Another relevant labeling theory is Braithwaite’s Reintegrative and Disintegrative shaming theory. Reintergrative shaming is when you shame someone and let them back in, Disintegrative shaming is the opposite where you shame and exile them. An example of this theory is disintegrative shaming is when eh shame and kick the kung fu masters out. An example of reintegrative shaming is letting sing back into the community of pig sty alley after he defeats the beast. The next set of theories is the control theories of crime. The first theorist in these theories is a man named Hirshi. His theory is social bonding, commitment, involvement, belief are reasons why people commit crime or do not commit crime. In the movie the negative criminal group that fits all these parameters is the Ax gang and there members on the positive non-criminal side is the members of pig sty alley