Difference between revisions of "329--Week 12 Questions/Comments"
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One thing that really stuck out to me, and I know it's minor, but the characters even acknowledged how new MLK was to the scene. I think it was at the Christmas dinner when they mentioned how MLK had just gotten to Montgomery and although it's almost in passing, it shows that the filmmakers really did their research. -Kelly Wuyscik | One thing that really stuck out to me, and I know it's minor, but the characters even acknowledged how new MLK was to the scene. I think it was at the Christmas dinner when they mentioned how MLK had just gotten to Montgomery and although it's almost in passing, it shows that the filmmakers really did their research. -Kelly Wuyscik | ||
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| + | The economic conditions of Odessa’s family were pretty right on. It was clear that they were living relatively comfortably as part of the postwar economic boom, but they were still tight on money. Odessa worked as a domestic servant, and she needed that work to support her family just like many other black women. --Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | The handling of the boycott was done really well. Odessa didn’t outright say she was participating in the boycott (but rather that she was scared to ride the bus), and Miriam didn’t outright say she was driving Odessa and later the others around. Like in the readings, everyone was lying, and everyone knew about the lying, but no one called anyone out on it. They also showed the white drivers being harassed by the cops in order to break the boycott. Probably most importantly, the movie did a nice job getting across how huge the boycott was and just what it meant to the blacks. The sentiment that “my feet are tired, but my soul is rested” was very evident. --Taylor Brann | ||
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