A Bronx Tale

In the film, A Bronx Tale, there was clearly much racial discrimination, and that was what the story was all about. It was demonstrating how both Italians and the African Americans differentiated themselves apart from each other, how serious the separation needed to be in their minds. It became so intense that it all led to violence, and this created numerous amounts of deaths. Collogero, the main character, was in the middle of both sides, and he had to make decisions that could change his social status. I think that at first he was in both Sonny’s crew group and his friends group. But towards the end, he starts to drift away from both as soon as he meets an African American girl, whom he falls for. His mental stability gets stronger and he makes decisions for himself. The reality of the neighborhood revolved around Sonny and his crew, due to the fact that he gained a lot of respect from creating himself as the image of fear. He wanted to be the higher authority, and this caused him to not trust anyone at all. The racist attitudes is unknown from where it started, but however it did, it increasingly got worse as the violence increased, creating more hatred towards each other. I thought this video did a good job demonstrating the ways each individual thinks, and how it can be changed by other people’s influence.

Freaks & Geeks

Freaks and Geeks was a really great show! I thought it was cool how all the cliques were put together, and the exaggeration of the bullying and rebellion added a touch of extra witty humor. Also, beside the point, I just loved how there were many actors/actresses in there that I knew of from other movies and how they fit the roles in it (for example: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Linda Cardellini, etc.).
If I were to compare this show to Stevenson, I would have to say that it’s pretty different here. Why? I feel most people at Stevenson are not only in one clique, and have various friends from many different groups. Also, I think people aren’t as intimidated by others to be who they truly are. I mean, everyone has insecurities about their lives, but I wouldn’t say it is as bad as it is perceived on this show. However, there are definitely certain ways that are similar to the average everyday high schooler life. We all go through changes in ourselves, and have decisions that will change our lives in the future, meaning both academically and socially. And this is throughout our entire lives. So in conclusion of it all, I felt that Freaks and Geeks is a insightful television show focusing on regular high school social interactions.