A few classes ago, we learned about Martin Luther King and his actions against racial discrimination, wich were always developed in a pacific way. We all know how the discrimination towards people with African ancestry is, because we have watched and read about it's characteristics and history though different media.
Have you ever watched 'Hairspray'? Well, it is a movie wich reflects perfectly the situation with afroamerican people in the United States in the 1960's. There we can see how afroamericans were mistreated. For example, schools used to make a distintion between white and black students, giving separated spaces for each group in the school. But we don't only see racism, also here the main character (who is an american girl called Penny) is discriminated because she is overweight. She loves to dance and she is a big fan of 'The Corny Collins Show', wich is a teen dance show broadcast from local station WYZT. In this TV Show there are only 'white people', but there is a special day where the 'black people' can participate: 'Negro Day'. Also Penny befriends with afroamericans and helps them in the struggle against the discrimination.
Despite the terrible situation of those years, the movie shows how was the discrimination with a little bit of comedy mixed with music and with funny and charming love stories.
Valeria Montecinos A.
Valerie... I think that the relation that you did about this movie with Martin Luther King's topic was really cool, because the discrimination has been always a interesting topic to discuss, it happens since our society start so we have to be polite with the people and we have to treat them in a good way. Martin Luther King was a clear example of that because he wants to stop the segregation with his people.
ReplyDeleteHairspray is one of my favourite movies!! I think we should have seen it in the friday movie sessions! I very good example of segregation! and it can be related with the marthin luther king topic as you did ! good post ;)
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