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  The release of the 2018 film, Crazy Rich Asians , introduced an Asian American experience to mainstream media. The fully asian cast allows a surface level view of Asian and Asian American experiences. Although this film attempts to display these characters as a fully developed people, it does not succeed in many ways.  Hollywood films rarely stray away from the structure that they are accustomed to. There is a conflict to overcome, and in this case the conflict is being accepted as a poor foreigner into a wealthy home. The characters react according to their surface level character traits. The male lead is supposed to take over the family business while his love interest attempts to leave in order to give him that future. The tropes that this film uses allow the audience to already know the conclusion, because a Hollywood film needs a happy ending with everything wrapped in a bow.  Although casting a fully Asian cast is an achievement for Hollywood, it feels the sa...

                                     In order to separate this film from other boxing films, like Rocky (1976), he shows the deeper motivations and flaws of human character. The main character of this film is incredibly flawed, abusive, and difficult to sympathize with, but Scorsese is able to flesh out this character and show that film does not necessarily need to show a hero or redeemed individual. This story is not about boxing, it is about a self-destructive and angry man that can not focus on anything other than his jealousy and his sexual insecurities. In many ways, it makes this film difficult to watch, but it also makes the film much more intriguing than other films at the time.      Learning of Martin Scorsese's own struggles with addiction and depression prior to the creation of this film puts everything in a different perspective. It is easy to sa...

              We all know it, the iconic song and dance number that you know one way or another. Singing in the Rain, the song and the musical in its entirety   defined what it meant to be a movie musical, creating its own standard for what this genre should stand for. We have all seen a movie musical, whether it's a Disney movie, or Hamilton . We have all subjected ourselves to a film with song and dance sprinkled through, but why do we watch the genre and how did we go from 'singing in the rain' to the movie musicals that we have today?                The bright settings, catchy songs, and incredible choreography of  Singing in the Rain  set a standard of what a musical should be. It is one of the best examples of a successful new genre. The combination of the fantastical elements of bursting in song and dance with the narrative of the film was perfectly balanced, creating a fun and eng...