After reflecting on my last post, I feel compelled to willingly offer some (hopefully not too long) elaboration on some points that I made, particularly at the beginning of the piece. I want to clarify my intent of the piece to serve as an evaluation of my feelings, and not a judgement in any way, shape, or form any person in the class. I also did intend to attack any person’s moral code- or assume anyone is of lower moral character for liking any film. I simply have to say the definiton of morality is subjective, and depending where you are in the world, will differ significantly. True to the diversity of New York, I hold more than one standard, and depending on the situation will choose to view a piece, situation, action, or proposal through one or both.
I recognize that my writing is sharp, and more than anything, I feel that it stems from a deep concern I have over the issues I speak about. I certainly don’t intend my writing for the faint-hearted (and before saying/writing anything I keep my audience in mind), and hope that it allows anyone reading it to self-reflect deeply about the issue presented even if it may seem “harsh” upon first sight. Having said that, I sincerely apologize if the piece offended anyone due to its rather harsh tone/ word choice, and reiterate that it was not written as a personal attack towards anyone.
New York City is a melting pot. Everyone knows that, right? As a native New Yorker, I can say that this is certainly true. Everywhere you look in NYC you see people of all nationalities.
But even though we may all live harmoniously together (for the most part), there is a lot of stereotyping and prejudice alive and well in the city. Spike Lee shows this in his film Do The Right Thing by highlighting the tension between the black and white community in the Bed-stuy neighborhood where the film takes place.
Spike Lee initially takes a comical approach to showing the absurdity of the stereotypes of ethnic groups in the city. For me, this aspect of the film really captured the madness of stereotyping people based on what they look like. In the city, it seems like everyone has something to say about someone else without really thinking about how silly it is to characterize someone based on your prejudgments about them. NYC may be a melting pot, but there is definitely a lot of stereotyping and prejudice that goes on in the city.
Another main reason why the film affected me so much was because of how accurately it depicted racial tensions in the city. Even before the shocking death of Radio Raheem at the end of the film, Lee began generating instances of tension between the black and white community. In one of these instances, a white man is badgered by Buggin Out and his crew for scuffing his sneakers and moving into their “all black” neighborhood. In another, a group of black kids playing with a water hydrant wet the car of an Italian man.
In both of these instances, Spike Lee really demonstrated the tension in NYC neighborhoods. While watching the film you are made to feel as though at any moment things could explode, and the tension brewing comes to a violent head. Today, this feeling still persists, although not at the same level as depicted in the movie.
Towards the end of the film, all of the tension that Spike Lee carefully created finally erupted on a sweltering day in Bed-Stuy. The death of Radio Raheem was eerily similar to the death of Eric Garner this summer. When I watched the film, I thought it was crazy that something made 25 years ago about race relations could still be relevant in 2014. Police brutality is a constant topic in the news, and over the past few years issues of racial violence splashes the headlines way too frequently.
Just watching the film made me wonder where we are as a society, considering the film actually depicted the same type of mentality that is prevalent in the city today. In our city especially, we have been battling racial tension for so long, that it seems like it will never end! To an outsider, it may seem crazy that in a NYC could be so afflicted by these issues. But Spike Lee does an incredible job showing the racial tension between the black community and the white community. Even though we all live together, it’s clear that we don’t always get along.
I’ve watched a lot of movies in this class over the semester, but it is hard to say that I was really affected by any of them. Did they offer contrasting views of New York City? Yes. But did any of them really change my life? Not really.
Now if I am being asked which movie I liked the best, the answer is simple: The Muppets Take Manhattan. Hensen’s 1984 film is a cut above the rest, in my opinion.
First, who can truthfully say that he or she does not enjoy a musical, especially one with puppets? The musical quality of the film lends a whimsical tone that the others movie lack, what with their murders, unnamed cats, and crazy cab drivers.
Next, Miss Piggy. Miss Piggy is a fantastic character who, while she is a wacky puppet, can serve as a role model for any girl. She does not allow herself to fall victim to cat-callers on the street, she chases down a thief all on her own when no one lifts a finger to help her, and she looks fantastic doing it all. And let’s not forget that she sings a song about how she wants to be a mother but will also master every career known to man and tricks Kermit the Frog into marrying her. Miss Piggy will not be confined in any gender boxes; that is important for young girls to see.
Finally, I felt like The Muppets Take Manhattan was actually one of the realest films I watched this semester, despite its being a goofy comedy, at least regarding people who want to make it big on Broadway. The gang, just out of college, thinks that they can make it on Broadway in just one day when they are discussing the locker situation, claiming that “It’s only for one night; we’ll be on Broadway tomorrow.” But then, they are rudely awakened to find that it is not actually that easy. They end up having to all go separate ways and take terrible jobs just to support themselves. I think that is really realistic because it is really representative of all the young people who come to New York hoping to become famous. The muppets could have been successful on Broadway right away and the film could have just shown them struggling during the production of the show, and that would have been much more unrealistic. This movie also does not shy away from showing the less-than-perfect parts of New York City: the cat-calling construction workers, the thief in Central Park, and the jokes about rats in the restaurants. It is really important that the director did not depict a perfect New York City because the only impressions some people get of other cities are from movies, so it would be almost cruel to lie to people and make them think that this city is a wonderland where the streets are paved with gold. Lastly, this movie shows the audience that, sometimes, people find success by luck; sometimes you just need to meet the right person with the right connections. That truth might be tough to hear, but it still is the truth.
So, maybe The Muppets Take Manhattan did affect me the most in a way. It confirmed some truths for me about New York City and provided powerful influences through characters that people need.
Side note: Did anyone else find it really disturbing that the Swedish Chef guy had human hands? That kind of messed me up for a few minutes.
Birds with Sky Mirrors is an interpretive dance performance, which automatically means it’s gonna be great. To preface the following review I would like to say that I acknowledge the fact that people like me were not the target audience for this performance. Though they were few, there were several standing ovations, so it did get a message across to some. I’m trying to justify this performance and all that’s coming to mind is that it was made for people who enjoy dance so tremendously they’re willing to sit through an hour and half of torture to see the four seconds of Chinese ribbon dance that were snuck into this performance. On a serious note, I think one can only truly appreciate the performance if they have an extensive knowledge in dance.
If your friend dragged you out to see a show she’s dancing in or working on the creative process of and it ended up being Birds with Sky Mirrors you would have a very difficult time after when she asked you how you liked it? “Um…the lighting. The lighting was out of this world!”
I attended a New York City public high school. Funding was always low. And the arts were constantly receiving the short end of the stick. Every year there’s a student written, directed, and performed show called SING!. During rehearsals, performers are trained to react to technical difficulties. The specific technical difficulty that is inevitable is static from the sound system. This year instead of attending SING! I went to see Birds with Sky Mirrors. I would like to know who was in charge of making the soundtrack? BAM has the funding to provide for equipment that doesn’t produce static during the performance. The producers of this performance for some reason decided the soundtrack would be almost exclusively static. This was definitely headache-inducing.
Back to the idea of not being the target audience for this performance, the plot was extremely unclear to me. When I say plot I don’t mean a storyline. I mean just any event or emotional change that occurred in the characters. Were they even characters? I think the most I could tell you is that at some point, who I assume to have been the lead female character was going through some emotional distress when she started screaming very suddenly and loudly. It is to my understanding that the choreographer has done dances with political inspiration, but having watched this piece I couldn’t begin to tell you what the intention was. A New York Times article by Siobhan Burke says the dance was about the “threshold between life and death” but I don’t think I would have ever gotten to that on my own.
I think what is really upsetting is that the dances were well executed. For the most part every one was in sync with each other and there were bits when the dancers showed a great amount of precision and skill. If it was bad dancing it would have been a different story all together. It’s frustrating because they had the potential to do a really great dance with a more evident plot and music that didn’t make you consider suicide.
Performances have different engagement levels. The best kind of show will have you enthralled and completely out of your own world and the only thoughts you’ll be having will be relating the ideas displayed to the world outside the theater. Next we have shows that every once in a while your mind will side track and you’ll be thinking about the cheesecake you had last week. Lastly we have the show that doesn’t engage you at all and you’re having a complete internal monologue or building your schedule for next semester. I think every show I’ve ever seen falls into the spectrum of these categories. I don’t even know where on the spectrum this show would fall because I didn’t find myself enjoying the performance but it was entirely impossible to have any other thoughts because of how demanding the performance was. Perhaps that was the intent.
Early in the performance a woman comes out onto the stage topless. She disappears and returns completely naked. The man who is on the stage at the same time is partially clothed and I immediately thought about the over-sexualization of women. Later in the performance, a man is completely naked on the stage except for his bird mask. One might think that both genders are represented in a sexualized manner. But something that stood out to me was that the woman’s nudity was marked with spotlights from several angles and she walked across the stage in a catwalk manner several times. When the man was naked he stood towards the back and slowly rotated. The lights were dimmed and limited to his upper body. The sexualization of the woman was more prominent and almost flaunted while the man wore a mask while naked. Perhaps if I had understood the context of the performance I would be able to understand why this happened as it did.
The star of these piece was the finale. Okay, imagine a yo-yo who’s string has been replaced with a short thick rope. The discs on the bottom have been replaced with a flour filled spherical cheesecloth. Now imagine meticulously dusting the entire surface of the stage with this flour. One square foot at a time. Ten minutes. That’s how long it took for four people to dust the floor. This was so ridiculous that it couldn’t have been purposeless. There had to be some deeper meaning.
This single photo accurately sums up the entire performance
This choppiness of this review was meant to represent on a much smaller scale the roughness of this performance. Unlike the performance, however, I hope readers may leave with some understanding of what has been expressed.
Throughout these few weeks I had the task of watching several films, all telling different stories in different ways. Some had uplifting screenplays to leave the audience feeling warm and fuzzy, others had grittier tones with an underlying social message. To be truly honest, none of these films really made me look at my life, environment and change or question my views. I guess it’s just that what the filmmakers were trying to say were things I already knew.
The first film, Wall Street tells the story of a young stockbroker who wishes he could rub shoulders with the NYC elite. Through the film he loses his morality only to see that his actions hurt his family and friends, so he changes to save them. It told us that being rich wasn’t everything, that the rich were purely selfish and greedy. On the other end of the spectrum we watched, Moonstruck. This film was a romantic comedy centered on an Italian-American family in New York. Cher plays a widow, who is getting married again, only to fall in love with her fiancée’s brother. Meanwhile her father is cheating on her mother, secrets come out and trouble ensues but in the end all is well. The plot was rather hard to swallow but still left you feeling happy on the inside.
Some of the other films didn’t have such tight, happy endings but ran along the same lines of light hearted or gloominess. Reading some of my classmates’ blogs I can’t help but notice their opinions about NYC. Many of them chose the darker films of the semester as impactful because they thought they were true representations of the city. The nicer films, Moonstruck, The Muppets Take Manhattan, to them were just movies with overblown ideas of love and life. Which quite frankly puzzled me, did people really believe that NYC wasn’t all of the things it is claimed to be? A concrete jungle where dreams are made, a city that never sleeps, the capital of the world? Because for me it kind of is but then again it kind of isn’t.
This is was what I meant when saying the movies were just showing me things I already knew. I have a certain view of the world that I apply when talking about New York City. The world will never be purely good or purely evil. It will always be stuck in the middle. In one corner people will be struggling due to their circumstances and the wrongs of others. In the other corner, you will find people living happy lives with their families and friends. That is just how it is. There is suffering and there is happiness, they can’t exist without each other.
For me, this is what NYC is, a place where both of these are found, just like any other place in the world. Spike Lee taught me about the prevalence of racism and stereotypes in the city which I totally agree with. Yet at the same time movies like The Muppets Take Manhattan (I swear this was the only movie with a good opinion about the city that we watched) show us that New York is a place of opportunity where dreams can be achieved, which at least to me, is also true.
Now at the end of this blog I still feel that the movies didn’t really impact me but they did reinforce the opinion I have about New York City. It has its good parts as well as its bad parts, and it always will.
“Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it.. New York, New York.” (Frank Sinatra. “Theme from New York, New York.” New York, New York. Capital, 1997. Audiocassette.)
“And since I made it here, I can make it anywhere; yeah they love me everywhere… In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of there’s nothing you can’t do. Now you’re in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you.” (Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys. “Empire State of Mind.” The Blueprint 3. Roc Nation, Atlantic, 2009. MP3.)
“South side Jamaica, Queens where its crazy.” (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake. “Moment 4 Life.” Pink Friday. Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown, 2010. MP3.)
There are so many songs about New York. So many movies. So many stories about going to New York to make a name for yourself, to become famous, to have a fresh start. In class we’ve watched quite a few films, each of which relates in some way to a lyric listed above. Some have been moving, some have bored me out of my mind, and I thought some were so stupid that I’d rather be dumped into a bin of toxic waste.
Each movie presented a different perspective on the New York lifestyle. Some depicted the greed, class differences, and power struggle while others presented a view of the crime, racism, stereotypes. On the other hand, some even painted an ethereal and dreamlike picture.
By far, my favorite movie we’ve watched is Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. Before class, I’d heard of the movie and seen some short clips (mostly those played whenever I’d watch the Black To The Future specials on VH1), but all I knew was that it was about what goes down on the hottest day of the summer in Brooklyn. But boy did I have some feelings about this movie.
As many of you may have noticed, if not from my video blog or my brown skin, I’m black. And this movie struck a chord with me for that very reason. At this point, too many black lives have been taken cruelly and meaninglessly. And honestly, some of the commentary made in class was really bothersome and opened my eyes to the reality of how some people think. The fact that some people were more sympathetic and upset about Sal’s business being burned down than Radio Raheem dying appalled me. That’s a human life! A living, breathing, feeling person lost their life and all some people were concerned about was Sal’s pizzeria?!?!? Calm down guys, he’ll probably get an insurance check; don’t even lament the fact that someone lost their life, because it’s no big deal, right? And this isn’t still happening today, right? No way!
YES WAY! Here are just a few of the unarmed black men killed this past summer: Eric Garner, age 43, Staten Island New York, July 17, 2014 John Crawford, age 22, Beavercreek, Ohio, August 5, 2014 Michael Brown, age 18, Ferguson, Missouri, August 9, 2014 Ezell Ford, age 25, Los Angeles, California, August 11, 2014 Dante Parker, age 36, Victorville, California, August 12, 2014
Do The Right Thing showed the harsh reality of the situation for young black people not only in New York, but pretty much everywhere in America. Being black means that I can’t leave the house without my ID (less so than if I were male, but still important). It means that I always have to be extra careful, and always be on the lookout. I have to receive a speech from my parents damn near every time I leave the house. I really hope I don’t have to give my children that speech one day.
(Sargent, Ben. Still Two Americas. Comic. GoComics. 26 August 2014. Web. 23 Nov 2014.
The reality of the situation is that (a) police use an extensive and excessive amount of brutality and (b) there is a complete and utter disregard for black lives in America.
On a brief side note, another thing that people just don’t seem to understand is Buggin’ Out’s passion about getting black people on the wall of fame. I cannot tell you how much representation for young black people matters. All I’ll say is that it’s not so great growing up and seeing a bunch of white people on the wall or having a Eurocentric idea of beauty. Personally, I can understand Buggin’ Out’s strong feelings about the situation, I probably wouldn’t have gone about it the same way, but I definitely understand. I’m proud to live in a time where we can see a black Cinderella, or a black Annie, and black ballerinas in the American Ballet Theater; I don’t need to hear or read opinionated comments about how those characters aren’t black.
Call me an oversensitive black girl, but this movie really hit home. And more people need to pay attention. And I think actor Jesse Williams said it best, “…every time a black person does something, they automatically become a thug worthy of their own death…” So what Radio Raheem caused a scene? So what he was a nuisance? For God’s sake, even after he was killed, he the police continued to kick and assault him! He was a person and his life should be valued. BLACK LIVES MATTER.
I must say, all of the films we have watched throughout the duration of this course have influenced me slightly in some way. However, one film, which I feel had the biggest affect on me, was Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing because of how relatable, realistic, and hilarious it was to me.
In my eyes, Do The Right Thing had the most perfect depiction of New York City. Since I have grown up in the South Bronx, I have mostly been surrounded by people of color my entire life. However, when I would watch movies about NYC, I would typically only see Caucasians play the big roles, as if they were the only people living in this vast metropolis. I would also notice that these Caucasians would typically play unrealistic characters as wealthy individuals, without a care in the world. This always seemed a little unfair to me. Often times, I would even find myself asking: Why aren’t the Hispanics or Blacks being represented in these movies about one of the most diverse cities in the world, why are only the rich snobs being portrayed, why do these movies always have to be shot in Manhattan, what about Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, or Staten Island? I always felt there was some imbalance in representation of the people and places of New York City in these movies. But Spike Lee’s film changed this view. The neighborhood portrayed in this movie in Brooklyn greatly reminded me of my own diverse home. How Spike Lee represented the Hispanics, the Blacks, and the Chinese was spot on, and made me happy because for once, these ethnic individuals were playing big roles as regular people, and not just as “delinquents.” Along with this, Spike Lee touched upon the very serious issues of racism and gentrification, which continue to be very apparent problems today. This film, to me, is very symbolic of NYC because of this. Spike Lee was not afraid to show everyone what the REAL New York is like and how the people really are, and I will always love this movie because of that.
In closing, I feel as though this movie has a great portrayal of New York City and its diversity. It is a movie that should be seen by everyone because of its realism, hilarity, and importance.
New York City is not all fun and games. It doesn’t all work out in the end. No one will always be happy. Bad things happen to good people, so why should movies portray that? Is it to satiate people’s need for happiness and love because their own lives can’t supply them? To me, it seems like this fantasyland of happiness and love in these unrealistic movie scenarios are junk, and everyone’s addicted. They fiend for their junk and try to get a quick fix anywhere they can, whether it be romantic comedy like Moonstruck or fuzzy singing gloved hands in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Those movies are not realistic, and they warp the mind of anyone who’s gullible enough to think that’s how the world actually works. If you want a real depiction of the world, regardless of how grim, Taxi Driver and The 25th Hour are much more accurate than any other movies we’ve seen this semester.
Moonstruck… this was a stupid movie. “Oh I’m just going to leave my fiancé for his brother because his brother is broken and I like to fix men.” That’s basically this story. Oh yeah, plus add a cheating husband/father, a dying old mother who no one cares about but her pathetically passionate “mamma’s boy” son, Cher, and a wooden hand and you’ve found yourself moonstruck: literally “dazed, confused, irrational.” Moonstruck is irrational. No one is going to be okay that their partner has cheated on them. In the real world, not everyone would be drinking wine and laughing in the end: you would hear shouting, cursing, and a ton of blame being tossed around like a hot potato. While some people with a simple sense of humor might actually find this funny and entertaining, it goes without saying that this is unrealistic and would never happen, especially not in New York City, which is known for two things: buildings and the rude people who inhabit them.
The “feel-good” movie of the semester obviously goes to The Muppets Take Manhattan without a doubt, but does that make it accurate? New York City is not a “feel-good” city: when creeps holler at women, the women can’t scare them off. When you’re robbed, you can’t take matters into your own hands and chase them. This isn’t Batman. People is people is people? I don’t think so. People are animals in clothes. Animal Planet’s slogan is literally “Animal Planet, surprisingly human.” Even bad TV knows that humans are nothing more than animals with suppressed instincts. Yeah, maybe a frog and a pig can get married in Muppet world without any weird looks, but you’ll never catch interracial marriages in New York City without someone acting surprised or disapproving. Granted, the Muppets can make anyone with a heart laugh, but New York City is no place for laughter, it’s serious here.
Taxi Driver, unfortunately, seems to be a good description for life in NYC: repetitive, long, and meaningless. PTSD, prostitution, and murder are all real problems pertaining to both the past and the present NYC environments. These are real situations that people of New York face everyday. Nobody wants to go through them, but it’s not by choice. This unfortunate lifestyle is lived by some. For anyone who doesn’t know the effects of this lifestyle firsthand, Taxi Driver is a fun action movie to see in the movies to see how the “other half” lives.
The 25th Hour was another more realistic movie: everyone makes mistakes and we have to live with them. Monty’s mistake was his selling of drugs, and his punishment was time in prison. By the time he realizes the mistakes in his lifestyle, it’s too late. For the whole more he lives in his 25th hour, or the moment after the end. A late shot after the buzzer. A time for “what if’s” and “could’ve been’s.” Monty was not a bad person, but he made bad choices that he had to pay for. He could’ve run away, but if he did, then this movie would’ve fallen under the category of “unrealistic lives.” There is no permanent escape from the guilt of one’s one conscience: he did the right thing by doing his time.
Movies can be considered more than just art and self-expression: it can sometimes distort the audience’s view on reality. Life is not easy. It’s not a walk in the park; it’s hard, full of twists and turns that will take people off of their original path. The feel-good movie are inaccurate it their portrayal of NYC because sometimes life sucks, so that’s why movies like Taxi Driver and The 25th Hour are here to remind us
On the first day of class, we had done a classroom activity that involved voting on different types of art. When Professor Healey had asked us whether we preferred theater or movies, I had quickly chosen movies. Obviously I hadn’t had enough experience with live performance as I had with movies, so I was quick to judge. Little did I know that the movies I was used to were not what we were going to see in class. Boy, was I in for a surprise.
The first film rolled around and there I was watching “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone. This movie was made when?! This definitely wasn’t anything similar to my usual choice of newly released comedies. But as the movie went on, I was delightfully surprised. I began to question my own values when Bud made life-changing decisions to go with the big money and risk losing his friends, family, and his dignity. “Was it really worth it?” I thought. By the end of the movie, my opinions about money and status had shifted. Going into college, I was sure that I wanted to go into a field that would have me coming out of school making a ton of money, but at what cost? Reevaluating my options, I really don’t know what field is right for me. Is it worth it to go into a field that makes a lot of money but I won’t be happy going home every day? I’d like to do something that I enjoy, not dread. Why would I make myself wake up every day miserable because I don’t like my job? At the end of the day, I realized that money doesn’t buy happiness. It is important to find something that I truly enjoy, that I wake up every day excited to do. How much money a career makes shouldn’t be a deal breaker. As long as I have enough to survive and to live a comfortable life, happiness should come above salary.
So, I’d like to thank Bud, for allowing me to view my future differently, for teaching me that money isn’t the key to happiness and to go out and explore my options until I find something that I like. Maybe “Wall Street” didn’t make me laugh like a comedy, but it did something even greater; it taught me lessons that I will prize as I continue on my college path.
Although i live on Long island, New York City has been a part of my life since i was a wee child. I have lost count of the amount of times that i have been to Jackson Heights, the Lower East Side, and Times Square. They are all different and really all the same. Regardless of the movies I have watched, my perspective on the big apple has not changed, if anything it has been supported. NYC is grim, exuberant, dark and dreamlike. There is bad to every good and good to every bad. I personally don’t want to live in NYC. Its pretty expensive, really crowded, traffic is crazy and i actually like peace and quiet. But its pretty awesome to visit. Maybe i don’t appreciate new york as much as people from different sates because I can visit anytime i want. But i personally feel it isn’t all that it’s worked up to be. People have this idea that New York City is the place to be if you want to make it big. It’s supposed to be the place full of opportunity. However its not that simple and not that perfect.
Of all the movies I have watched, none have really impacted or influenced my views. However I do believe that all of the films had something valuable to share that i happen to agree with. I will start with Breakfast at Tiffany’s because it was my favorite out of the selection. I personally liked the movie because it was funny and very cute. Audrey Hepburn did a good job of playing the naive yet charismatic Holly Golightly. I think the most valuable thing that i got out of the film was that NYC was the place that would make your dreams come true. Holly ran away from home at a very young age and chose to go to the land of opportunity. She tries but fails to fit into the wealthy class and has this false image that if you are wealthy nothing can go wrong with you, just like Tiffany’s. MoonStruck, The Muppets Take Manhattan and Wallstreet, all have a similar view about NYC. If your there something good is bound to happen. The muppets believe if the go to New York, they will have their big break on broadway without a sweat. Bud from Wall street believes that if you live in New York have money, you really are somebody important. And In Moonstruck, Loretta and Ronny go to an opera and act as if they belong to that type of lifestyle.
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