SPAN 3302
Monday, February 19, 2007
Alamo
The racism of D W Griffith can be seen in the way African Americans are portrayed in his movies, and precisely in “The martyrs of the Alamo.” In his movie “Bamboozled,” Spike Lee mocked the way white directors used to use makeup white men in order to play African Americans in old movies. Such is the case in D W Griffith’s film.
It’s interesting how the immoral Santa Anna is pictured at the end of the movie, and how the concept of morality and immorality in times of war plays an important part in this movie. The liberation of Texas by Texians is seen as something morally good and the oppression of Mexicans is seen as immoral. Otherwise, I don’t necessarily find that this movie is too racist.
Also, women are willing to sacrifice their marriage so that Texas can be liberated. They accept to sacrifice their love for the sake of the state’s independence. Other women consider fighters as national heroes. Women played an important part in that liberation as they allow the men fighting for Texas’ freedom to be heroes; they do not fight against their husbands’ desire to give up their lives for their country. This is very similar to the attitudes of the wives of soldiers fighting today in Iraq who stand steadfastly by their husbands and support them and their sense of duty, regardless of whether or not they agree with the politics of the war.
It’s interesting how the immoral Santa Anna is pictured at the end of the movie, and how the concept of morality and immorality in times of war plays an important part in this movie. The liberation of Texas by Texians is seen as something morally good and the oppression of Mexicans is seen as immoral. Otherwise, I don’t necessarily find that this movie is too racist.
Also, women are willing to sacrifice their marriage so that Texas can be liberated. They accept to sacrifice their love for the sake of the state’s independence. Other women consider fighters as national heroes. Women played an important part in that liberation as they allow the men fighting for Texas’ freedom to be heroes; they do not fight against their husbands’ desire to give up their lives for their country. This is very similar to the attitudes of the wives of soldiers fighting today in Iraq who stand steadfastly by their husbands and support them and their sense of duty, regardless of whether or not they agree with the politics of the war.
posted by Nicolau Pereira at 8:12 PM
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