"Charlene: So what is it that you do? Marcus: I'm a gangsta."
'are young black males excessively stereotyped as gangsters, with reference to "Get Rich or Die Tryin" 20th January 2006'
In recent movies there are many black males being represented as gangsters, this is due to the changes of society, and that black males are always associated with gangsters, this convention was shown in many movies before and it was also shown in '50 Cent get rich or die tryin' mainly when 50 Cent(Marcus) himself is shown as being a gangster and there are many other black boys in the movie which are represented as gangsters such as Ashely Walters, this is another reason which shows that black males are most of the time stereotyped as gangsters. This is not only shown in 'Get rich or die tryin' but it is also shown in 'Bullet Boy' where Ricky(Ashley Walters)and the other black males in the movie being represented as gangsters, this again shows a lot of the times black males are represented as gangsters, this argument can be supported by the way Ashley Walters has been represented as a gangster in both movies. As one of the genres of this movie is biopic,"according to Hollywood, the gangster film could combine realism and popular culture because it has been very popular throughout the years and more films have been made following this type of genre" it is showing the real life of 50 Cent and therefore might show the real life of some black males as being gangsters, and it is at the same time trying to warn them and tell them if they get into crimes and situations as Ricky or 50Cent had, they might get shot or die at the end, and that is considered as one of the gangster conventions. as gangster genres are about "law , order, crime, but unlike other crime, but unlike othere crime and police genre, it focuses upon the figure of the gangster", this movie focuses on the gangster and uses the conventions of the gangster genre, but mainly focuses on the life of 50 Cent as being a gangster and that will appeal the audiences more, becasue he is a famous rapper and they will mainly want to see the movie becasue that is his real life,and taht will be realted to the auteur's theory because they will be more interested to see the movie because of him being the protagonist.
This gangsterism can be led by poverty because most of those males are looking for money, and this therefore makes them getting involved into crimes, robbery etc, which are causing them to be represented as gangsters, this can be related to the idea that most rappers are from a black background such as 50Cent, 2Pac, Lloyds Banks, these rappers might have been in the same situations as 50Cent, and the need of money might have led them to become rappers, and some of these rappers such as 2Pac being killed and 50Cent being shot nine times, this therefore shows that even though they are rich now, they still got enemies and still being tortured by other people.
'are young black males excessively stereotyped as gangsters, with reference to "Get Rich or Die Tryin" 20th January 2006'
In recent movies there are many black males being represented as gangsters, this is due to the changes of society, and that black males are always associated with gangsters, this convention was shown in many movies before and it was also shown in '50 Cent get rich or die tryin' mainly when 50 Cent(Marcus) himself is shown as being a gangster and there are many other black boys in the movie which are represented as gangsters such as Ashely Walters, this is another reason which shows that black males are most of the time stereotyped as gangsters. This is not only shown in 'Get rich or die tryin' but it is also shown in 'Bullet Boy' where Ricky(Ashley Walters)and the other black males in the movie being represented as gangsters, this again shows a lot of the times black males are represented as gangsters, this argument can be supported by the way Ashley Walters has been represented as a gangster in both movies. As one of the genres of this movie is biopic,"according to Hollywood, the gangster film could combine realism and popular culture because it has been very popular throughout the years and more films have been made following this type of genre" it is showing the real life of 50 Cent and therefore might show the real life of some black males as being gangsters, and it is at the same time trying to warn them and tell them if they get into crimes and situations as Ricky or 50Cent had, they might get shot or die at the end, and that is considered as one of the gangster conventions. as gangster genres are about "law , order, crime, but unlike other crime, but unlike othere crime and police genre, it focuses upon the figure of the gangster", this movie focuses on the gangster and uses the conventions of the gangster genre, but mainly focuses on the life of 50 Cent as being a gangster and that will appeal the audiences more, becasue he is a famous rapper and they will mainly want to see the movie becasue that is his real life,and taht will be realted to the auteur's theory because they will be more interested to see the movie because of him being the protagonist.
This gangsterism can be led by poverty because most of those males are looking for money, and this therefore makes them getting involved into crimes, robbery etc, which are causing them to be represented as gangsters, this can be related to the idea that most rappers are from a black background such as 50Cent, 2Pac, Lloyds Banks, these rappers might have been in the same situations as 50Cent, and the need of money might have led them to become rappers, and some of these rappers such as 2Pac being killed and 50Cent being shot nine times, this therefore shows that even though they are rich now, they still got enemies and still being tortured by other people.
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1.) The synoptic links made with other texts
2.) Good analyses of different characters in the film
3.) Good amount of historical information and good research
EBI
1.) Try to make the wording a bit better
2.) Lay out the film title in the correct way
3.) Don't write too much too soon in your intro
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