On Monday I watched the movie Grand Torino. I would definitely recommend watching it. This movie was not what I expected. It is about a Korean War veteran and a retired automotive worker who does not like how his life has turned out especially now that his wife has passed away. He is also very unhappy about how the neighborhood he lives in has demolished. He especially does not like the people who live next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But certain things that are going on in the neighborhood is forcing him to defend his neighbors against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear.
The reason this movie cames to mind when I was thinking about this assignment is because of all the racist and sexist slander that takes place during the movie. Throughout the movie the main character refers to his neighbors in racist terms. Even once he becomes friends with them, realizes that his has a lot in common with them, and actually likes them he continuously calls them racist names. There is a scene where the neighbor boy is outside doing gardening work. The main character ask the boy why are you doing women’s work, and calls him a sissy. There is another scene where the local gang members kidnap the neighbor girl and beat her up and rape her because her brother won’t join their gang. One of the funniest scenes in the movie to me is when the main character takes the neighbor boy into a barber shop to teach him how to talk like a man.
As you can see even though I given just a very brief summary about this movie, there are many racist and sexist things that occur basically through the whole movie.
