This essay will examine and discuss the representations of black people in comedy films such as Scary Movie (2000), Get Hard (2014), Ride Along (2014) and Pineapple Express (2008), discussing the representations that all of the films have about black people. This essay will focus on the representations of black people over other races as black people generally have a more varied amount of representations in comparison to other races.
Racism is an issue that is currently in all kinds of media, because of this the essay will be looking at the representations of black people in not just films, but in newspapers, magazines and in TV shows. This will give a wider understanding of the representations that accompany black people.
A representation is defined as "The ways in which the media portrays particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas, or topics from a particular ideological or value perspective.
The investigation will explore the variety of ways in that black people are represented in the films that have been chosen.
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