The Secret Life of BeesRachel Vicioso

Professor WilliamsIntro to Critical Reading, Writing, and Research

14 July 2014

Outline

● Thesis● History● Racism in film● Actor’s● Conclusion

Thesis

Racism is very clearly shown through the film, The Secret Life of Bees.

Important History!

Racism- Rosaleen

Racism- Zach

Actors

★ New York Time article “A Golden Dollop of Motherly Comfort” by A.O Scott

“Queen Latifah's shrewd refusal to play her character according to stereotype, the film becomes a familiar and tired fable of black selflessness, in which African-Americans take time out from their struggle against oppression to lift the battered self-esteem of white people who have the good sense not to be snarling bigots.”.

Continued...

“Even Ms. Fanning, weeping on cue and looking uncomfortable otherwise, seems a little abashed that the movie, in the end, has to be all about her.”

Conclusion

★ Bythewood did stick to the plot.★ All character were played just like how I had

imagined.★ In terms of History, she had stayed true to

things that happened.

Works Cited

Brunner, Borgna, and Elissa Haney. "Civil Rights Timeline." Infoplease.

Infoplease, n.d. Web. 10 July 2014.

Scott, A.O. "A Golden Dollop of Motherly Comfort." New York Times 17 Oct.

2008: C10(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 13 July 2014.

The Secret Of Bees. Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood. Prof. Queen Latifah Dakota Fanning,

Jennifer

Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, and Paul Bettany. Fox Searchlight Pictures,

2009. DVD.

Thank You