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Gender Issues In Sicario
For quite some time now, it has been well known that there are many areas in Mexico that are known for having lots of activities involving criminal organizations. Although there are many areas that are filled with individuals who are involved with criminal activity, there are many other civilians who are judged just because they populate Mexico. The film Sicario takes place in Mexico, where a task force joined by Kate Macer, work hard to make sure the cartel responsible for of all the drugs and the deaths of a few members of the task force are finally diminished. Throughout this whole journey, many issues involving race, gender, and class are identified and my paper will aim to focus and construct different arguments on the several issues that the film provides.
When the film begins, Kate Macer, one of the cast member in the film is presented and is obviously some sort of agent. From one of the scenes at the beginning of the film, it is easy to tell that Macer is very skilled and good at what she does. The first scene consists of Macer and a SWAT team moving towards a house where they suspect there to be hostages held. From the first scene of the film, an issue of gender is presented. Macer is an FBI agent which is a career that is more common for …show more content…
Since the city is so poor and the amount of criminal activity is unbelievable, the whole city is judged and looked upon in a negative manner. Not only is the city being judged, but all the people who populate it are as well. The drug cartels and criminals make the regular Mexican citizens look bad. These cartels give all the Mexican citizens a very bad reputation. Mexican citizens are portrayed as drug lords and people who lead up to no good. It is very sad to think about it, but all the regular citizens who are not criminals can not do anything to save their reputation, there is just too much criminal activities in these towns of
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