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Naked And Truthful In The Bronx By Lillian Ross: Film Analysis
In the non-fiction piece, Naked and truthful in the Bronx by Lillian Ross demonstrates how the actors behave in a certain way and are spending great amount of money to portray the “poor” in social society. Firstly, in this is story the film that is made has all come down to money. As the producer says, “This is mainstream, but good. You can get top dollar for this.” This reveals how the story is all about money business, they do not care about what is the reality of the poor society. In addition, they do not know what they are bringing to the society and the issues that worry about poor. Secondly, it is proved that the director does not care about the reality of the society. For example, when the producer is working on the camera placement,

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