The movie, A Bronx Tale, profiles an urban Italian neighborhood in the 1960's.
The main character C, is just 9 years old when he witnesses a shooting right outside his front door. After this event, there are clear parallels between the older (Sonny, johnny whispers, frankie coffee cake) and younger generation (C, Slick, Mario).
When the movie jumps forward 8 years, the influence the older generation has had on the younger one is very evident. C and his friends are sitting outside the social club smoking cigarettes and hollering at ladies across the street, just like they had seen it done when they were younger. C and his friends grew up in this neighborhood surrounded by people who intentionally hurt and sometimes killed others with little or no mercy. As they grew older, the younger generation in the neighborhood tried to buy guns to protect themselves.
These weren't the only bad things they picked up from their elders, they also picked up their racist attitudes. In one of the most intense scenes during the movie, C's friends start beating up blacks who were bicycling through their neighborhood. Their racist attitudes rooted with the influence of their neighborhood as well as the time period (the 1960's were the height of the civil rights movement). Their histroy and biography influenced the way that they lived their lives.
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I really think you have a good point about how the racist attitudes were formed based on how they were raised, and not as much on their own opinions. I touched on that in my blog post, too, but I still wonder if that gives the kids in the area an excuse to treat the black kids the way they did...
ReplyDeleteYou make good points. The younger generation did try to buy guns and I think that has to do with the influences they got when they were younger. Thats even how c picked up his attitude
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