“Gone Too Far” is a cultural movie that hits millions to
laugh. This low budget movie shows the cross culture and invites audiences to
accept their culture. The scriptwriter, Bola Agbaje and the director of the
movie Destiny Ekharaga have created a comedy movie that’s acted out in Peckham
where the writer herself grew up in.
The movie revolves
around a typical teenager (“Yemi”) living in south London, trying to fit in
with the society and everyone else – listening to the music everyone talks
about, wearing clothes that won’t cause double looks from society. By having a
mother in the film that shows a reflection of how a Nigerian mother can be
like, the humour within this role does allow the audience to be affectionate
towards the character. However things do get shaken up when his Nigerian bother
(“Ikudayisi”) comes to stay, adventurously Ikusaysisi decides to rock up with
his sock-and-sandals and a clash in clothing, causes the two brothers to have a
long night ahead of them that’s filled with lots of danger and excitement that
they face together. In addition the audiences were able to build personal
relationships and identity both directly and in directly from the film.
Having this comedy, drama film based around London allows audience
to particularly feel involved and engaged with the movie through the use of
language spoken and the references made throughout the film. This film was
brilliantly made, which it went to an extent that audience were so intrigued
with the different relationships between the characters in the film that while
watching the movie, comments had to be made! It was a film where we as the
audience had something to talk about. This comedy, drama film, had a strong
message at the end that audience could accept their own culture as well show it
off.
6. "This house believes that films featuring ethnic minorities should only be produced by those who have the ethnic identity being represented."
In my opinion, I believe that films
featuring ethnic minorities should only be produced by those who have the
ethnic identity being represented, because the film would represent the true
identity and wouldn’t come as unrealistic or not true by audience, as also it
would be more easier for audiences to create personal identities within the
film because it would be a true representation of identity. Films that feature ethnic
minorities should only be produced by those who have the ethnic identity, as
they would understand the situation, the culture but the benefits and struggles
that come along with the background. I strongly believe that no other person
with a different ethnic background can truly represent other ethnic identity
that is being represented in films as much as they believe they can just
because they simply wouldn’t understand or be able to pull it off as
effectively as those who are.
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