Oscar Fletcher Critique

At one point in an individuals life, the drive, ambition, and will to accomplish a specific goal will become a key aspect towards the choices they will make, in order to insure the success of their future. Whiplash an Oscar winning independent film, helps convey this ideology, but in a very unorthodox manner. The director chooses a unique approach to presenting this message by turning what appears to be an unethical abusive musical film, into an astonishing success story. This approach helped develop a different way of exhibiting a motivational story and is a main reason it received international recognition. In the film the antagonist Dr. Fletcher played by actor J.K.Simmons plays the role of a maniacal tyrant, in charge of a jazz band located at a upper echelon conservatory in New York. The protagonist Andrew is a drummer new to the band that shows promise but despite his musical talent he isn 't the musical protege that he thinks he his. The director in the entire film does not focus on the other characters in the band but instead focuses on Andrews internal struggles with himself and the professor. …show more content…
Fletcher isn 't as coldhearted as appeared. Fletcher later on in the film reveals to his class that one of his previous students was in a fatal car crash. This gave a glimmer of his personal affairs to the audience to help build a level of sympathy and deter the audience away from the previous persona of an iron fist ruler. Following this scene Andrew does confront the teacher about the issue and assumes that it is a front for emotional attention, but then realizes it’s serious. This scene was very crucial in helping emit the underlying message in the film . It also helped convey and show to the audience that Fletcher despite his unorthodox teaching skills has no malice towards the students, and instead this was his way of motivating the students to push themselves to be the