Tuesday 15 October 2013

Ethnicity in Arrow












stereo-typically we think of black people to normally be involved in gangs,drugs and crime. Also we think of them always wearing track suit bottoms and a hood. But as you can see here David Ramsey's character John Diggle  is not like that, he is smart, has good manners but he is involved in crimes, however he is on the good side of the law and is willing to help people as you can see in the clip. so this this character is not what we think black people are like.

When we watch TV shows the blond girls are usually portrayed as being stupid and dum, also they are very made up. But in this show and the clip you can see that Emily Bett Rickards character Felicity Smoak is not like that at all. She is very smart because she is the IT technician and helps to take down criminals. in addition to that she is not at all heavy made up, she is just wearing a normal amount of make up and dresses smartly because of her job.   







Stephen Amell plays a  billionaire playboy turned hooded vigilante, in some TV shows white people are shown to be one of the richest people in that show and this is an example of that. But his character Oliver Queen at the start of the show took advantage of how rich he was and did not care about anyone but himself, but that all changed when his yacht sunk and he was held captive on a island. When he returned to his city he uses his money to help people who are being bullied by the rich. This shows that all rich people are not snobs and want to help people who are less fortunate than them. He often wears smart clothing such as jeans and a nice jumper but the colors that he has are often blues, grays and blacks.  



Here is a clip to show you what i'm on about if you have not seen this.




1 comment:

  1. Some good points here, Tarun. Do ensure that you move from the general to the particular, i.e. analysis the mise-en-scene, (clothing, colours etc) the accents of the characters and how we respond as the audience, so that you are analysing not just re telling the plot.

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