Identities: Post-colonial theory & blog tasks

Post-colonialism: blog task

1) Read the excellent article exploring the different representations of black people in British film and TV from Media Magazine 42 (MM42 fromour Media Magazine archive - page 51)

2) List FIVE films, FIVE TV programmes and FIVE online-only productions that are discussed in the article.

 Films: 

  • Slumdog Millionaire 
  • Sunshine 
  • Attack the Block
  • Anuvahood
  • Ill Manors
TV Shows: 
  • Casualty 
  • Eastenders 
  • Fresh Prince of Bel Air 
  • Luther
Online: 
  • Brothers with no Game 
  • Venus vs Mars 
  • The Ryan Sisters 
  • All about the Mckenzies 
  • Meet the Adebanjos 
3) Watch Destiny Ekaragha's clips above (more of her work is available onher website, including the short film The Park). To what extent can we apply Alvarado's and Fanon's theories to these films? Do they reinforce or subvert typical black stereotypes in British film and TV? Refer to specific scenes and events in the clips in answering this question and aim for at least 350 words.

 Within "Tight Jeans", we can apply the theory of Alvarado of post colonialism through the racial representations. The iconography of the three men being portrayed as jokers who continually make jokes about insignificant events in their lives. In terms of Fanon's theory, we apply it through their infant characters. An argument could be made to sugest that these men are also represented as uncivilised and as "gangsters" due to the way that they dress, speak and act. They represent these characters to be silly and lacking intelligence. In "Gone Too Far", we see that the characters are again presented as exotic and humourous. In the opening scene, we hear music and see a character dancing along to it, perfectly fitting Alvarado's stereotype. The humour also comes through, however, we know this short film is primarily a comedy and these charactersaren't necessarily being exploited in this way. 

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