Since the beginning of humanity, people have been trying to understand themselves. To achieve this, they have made near endless amounts of observations and amassed them to form a relatively good understanding of themselves. Most of these observations, however, have been made within societies and therefore most of the knowledge deals with civilized humans. On the contrary, the Bathtub depicted in The Beasts of the Southern Wild represents humanity separate from society. The people of the bathtub, including Wink, Hushpuppy, and their friends, are cut off from the rest of the world by a levee and are thereby detached from all laws. Due to these unique conditions, people of the Bathtub live in an animal-like state where they are free to behave
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For example, bell hooks claims, "Myths are the white lies that tell us everything is all right, even when it is not.” Deploying myth and fantasy we are shown a world in Beasts of the Southern Wild where black and white poor folks live together in utopian harmony (hooks)." Her main argument here is that the film depicts a perfect world where all races get along so that the audience ignores the real issue of racism. hooks, however, fails to take into account why the people of the bathtub ignore race. This reason is that their environment forces them to focus on survival. They are too focused on survival to be compassionate, let alone worry about races. Additionally, team work is necessary for them to survive. Any racism related restrictions would hinder their ability to live. Furthermore, hooks attempts to discredit the movie for its inaccurate representation of races, but in reality the unusual representation of the races is caused simply by the unusual circumstances in the Bathtub.
Overall the Beasts of the Southern Wild gives the audience a lot of meaningful insight into people who live outside of society. It examines their happiness, teamwork, compassion. The film receives unwarranted criticism based on what some view as racism. Nevertheless, the film is great to watch for anyone that wants to see a new perspective on
For example, bell hooks claims, "Myths are the white lies that tell us everything is all right, even when it is not.” Deploying myth and fantasy we are shown a world in Beasts of the Southern Wild where black and white poor folks live together in utopian harmony (hooks)." Her main argument here is that the film depicts a perfect world where all races get along so that the audience ignores the real issue of racism. hooks, however, fails to take into account why the people of the bathtub ignore race. This reason is that their environment forces them to focus on survival. They are too focused on survival to be compassionate, let alone worry about races. Additionally, team work is necessary for them to survive. Any racism related restrictions would hinder their ability to live. Furthermore, hooks attempts to discredit the movie for its inaccurate representation of races, but in reality the unusual representation of the races is caused simply by the unusual circumstances in the Bathtub.
Overall the Beasts of the Southern Wild gives the audience a lot of meaningful insight into people who live outside of society. It examines their happiness, teamwork, compassion. The film receives unwarranted criticism based on what some view as racism. Nevertheless, the film is great to watch for anyone that wants to see a new perspective on