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Racism continues to be a major problem in modern society. It is not as blatant as the Ku Klux Klan’s white hooded figures, but it is usually available ‘just under the surface’. The Academy Award winning film Crash will get many viewers on the edge of their seat as it reveals the ugly truth about racism and how Americans elsewhere within the country might act and think, even those whom you never imagined would be capable of racist actions. It also gives evidence that irrespective of what the color or nationality of a person is, everyone has the capability and potential of being racist.
Crash also starred Sandra Bullock and was directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about a set of people from California, Los Angeles, and the happenings that follow over a span of 36 hours. The opening scene shifts to the closing scene. The two characters present at the opening scene narrate how they managed to get to that point in a flashback while simultaneously portraying the lives of the people from different races and classes in the city.
Brendan Fraser and Sandra Bullock play the roles of Jean and Rick Cabot. She is overbearing, a bigot with a narcissistic personality disorder, and so much more, while he is a DA who is probably in a marriage that has issues but is unnerved by the prospects of political consequences. After a dinner date, they find themselves victims of carjacking. When they arrive at their house which is located in a very wealthy suburb, she exhibits paranoia and wishes to alter the locks. When it becomes apparent to her that the locksmith is a “gang-banger” due to all his tattoos, she wants the locks changed again.
Graham Waters is played by Don Cheadle. He is a promising LAPD detective. His girlfriend Ria, played by Jennifer Esposito, is of Hispanic descent. He has a brother Peter portrayed by Lorenz Tate, who makes the wrong choices too often and a mother addicted to crack played by Beverly Todd.
Matt Dillon portrays Ryan John, an LAPD peepshow officer who is both racist and has been on the police force for several decades. He is partnered with a new recruit, Tom Hansen, who is portrayed by Ryan Philippe. One evening they pull over an African-American television producer and his wife which later makes Phillipe feel uncomfortable.
The aftermath of the incident is on the verge of ending the relationship of this couple. Cameron and Christine Thayer (Terrence Howard and Thandiwe Newton) are from different worlds which is the reason why they have never had a conversation around racism. Camron used to think that by being successful, all of his problems were behind him. But now that the repercussions of the racist incident are making their way to the surface, he feels like he is on the verge of a mental breakdown.
He also breaks from the damaging Farhad slumber which evokes the standard American Indian gun owning business persona. Both he and his child suffer from the extremes of racism after 911. With everyone around him potentially a threat to his life, it is easy to see why he is so strung out. He has already been robbed once and when he meets Daniel, the Hispanic locksmith (Michael Pena), he assumes it’s a scam. The second time he gets robbed, he blames Daniel. Faux
Deeming his racism acceptable explains all the attempts at reining Americans in and taking them down a notch or two. The unwillingness to atone for the charges at hand is made obvious. Carla does everything in her power, legally or not, to save her father. The madness of the world makes her contemplate putting him in a retirement home which instead of being justifiable will prove the opposite.
Everything mentioned about Crash encompasses the reality of modern-day America. The only thing not disturbing but quite sickening is the global car rage man oeuvres which undertake arson, character foo profilers, insults, and murder. It is appalling that in an attempt to justify such horrendous acts, people usually become very emotional.
On the other hand, there is some room for optimism. There are episodes when I could observe the same people I once regarded as entirely negative showing some valor, or even words to express true regret regarding what they did.
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