Purpose of scene:
- to illustrate the bird/woman's transformation from a scared "being" into an educated individual in society
- demonstrates her success with assimilating to her new environment
Rhetoric Appeal:
- Appeals to an individual's emotions-pathos
Visual Analysis:
- Use of white is symbolic of the transformation of the woman's persona--white is commonly associated with purity; because she has been transformed she has gained a new perspective on life
- Her new perspective can be linked to purity because she she is a changed individual mentally
- All of the waiters/waitresses are of Caucasian decent which is symbolic in portraying Kayne's "Fantasy" because throughout history the "white man" has always been regarded as the dominate figure over African Americans; however, the roles have been reversed for this scene and the Caucasian nation is serving the African American dinner party
- symbolic of the defeat on slavery
I really like your analysis because you make a lot of very important claims regarding the film and our interpretation of it. White = purity, but perhaps for Kanye, it doesn't. Take, for instance, your claim here regarding race, and that white Euro-Americans are now the servants, a role that has historically been available only to Black bodies. Reversing this notion, where whiteness may not equate to purity is really fascinating.
ReplyDeleteWow. I never considered the possibility of there being a correlation between Kanye's "dark fantasy" to the traditionally assumed roles of color symbolism, especially for white.Intriguing! If white is considered to have a negative portrayal in the short film, does the role of the color red change as well? If so, how does the newfound knowledge of red affect our initial analysis of the short film as a whole??
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