Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.

By victimizing the United States and demonizing Mexico, Hollywood films such as Traffic and Man on Fire create stereotypes of Mexicans based on the drug trade and corruption in Mexico so the United States can define its identity and become Mexico’s saviour. This essay will point out how Hollywood is...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goh, Dianne.
Other Authors: Daniel Keith Jernigan
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42817
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
id sg-ntu-dr.10356-42817
record_format dspace
spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-428172019-12-10T14:17:44Z Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes. Goh, Dianne. Daniel Keith Jernigan School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism By victimizing the United States and demonizing Mexico, Hollywood films such as Traffic and Man on Fire create stereotypes of Mexicans based on the drug trade and corruption in Mexico so the United States can define its identity and become Mexico’s saviour. This essay will point out how Hollywood is limited in its perspective of the drug trade and corruption in Mexico, and how Mexico is facing a real problem that is more than just a Hollywood stereotype. It is my hope that audiences will realize this and not depend totally on Hollywood films to gain knowledge about Mexico. To examine how the drug trade and corruption are portrayed in Hollywood films, Traffic and Man on Fire are typical examples of how Hollywood creates stereotypes of Mexicans as corrupt drug dealers to affirm the United States’ identity as a superior society and as saviours of Mexico. But according to La Ley de Herodes, Mexico is not interested in being saved, and it does not portray corruption in terms of Hollywood’s definitions of them. Therefore, this essay will critically analyze and compare how Mexican and Hollywood films portray the drug trade and corruption in Mexico, and what the implications are. Bachelor of Arts 2011-01-14T04:41:48Z 2011-01-14T04:41:48Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42817 en Nanyang Technological University 36 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
language English
topic DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
spellingShingle DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Broadcasting::Motion pictures and films::Film theory and criticism
Goh, Dianne.
Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.
description By victimizing the United States and demonizing Mexico, Hollywood films such as Traffic and Man on Fire create stereotypes of Mexicans based on the drug trade and corruption in Mexico so the United States can define its identity and become Mexico’s saviour. This essay will point out how Hollywood is limited in its perspective of the drug trade and corruption in Mexico, and how Mexico is facing a real problem that is more than just a Hollywood stereotype. It is my hope that audiences will realize this and not depend totally on Hollywood films to gain knowledge about Mexico. To examine how the drug trade and corruption are portrayed in Hollywood films, Traffic and Man on Fire are typical examples of how Hollywood creates stereotypes of Mexicans as corrupt drug dealers to affirm the United States’ identity as a superior society and as saviours of Mexico. But according to La Ley de Herodes, Mexico is not interested in being saved, and it does not portray corruption in terms of Hollywood’s definitions of them. Therefore, this essay will critically analyze and compare how Mexican and Hollywood films portray the drug trade and corruption in Mexico, and what the implications are.
author2 Daniel Keith Jernigan
author_facet Daniel Keith Jernigan
Goh, Dianne.
format Final Year Project
author Goh, Dianne.
author_sort Goh, Dianne.
title Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.
title_short Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.
title_full Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.
title_fullStr Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.
title_full_unstemmed Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes.
title_sort bad mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in man on fire, traffic, and la ley de herodes.
publishDate 2011
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42817
_version_ 1681049732109041664