PLAY vs FILM - ESSAY When a fictitious text is composed‚ it is ultimately a contextual reflection on the cultural‚ historical and social conventions of its time. David Williamson’s play ‘The Removalists’ (1971) and Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 film ‘Training Day’ both explore the abuse of authority‚ but both texts do so in very different ways. First and foremost‚ the composers of each text want the audience to consider the corruption that occurs in authority‚ particularly within the police force. In ‘The
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Violence run throughout the removalist‚ Discuss this statement with reference to major themes and dramatic techniques in the play. The Removalists by David Williamson’s consists of many themes and are shown in the play‚ but the theme that runs throughout the play is the theme of Violence‚ this can be seen throughout every act with each character having a part in theme of violence. Violence is the intentional use physical force or power; this can be seen in the character of Simmonds towards. Simmonds
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“The Removalist’s” Written by David Williamson. The Removalist’s written by David Williamson demonstrates how power is maintained throughout the use of violence and manipulation. In the play ‘The Removalist’s’ Sergeant Dan Simmonds belittles new recruit Constable Neville Ross with the use of his power. Male dominance is clearly shown in the text. The police have authority and abuse their power. Male identity and dominance is connected to violence. Simmonds and Ross make themselves out to be
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I watched the movie Training Day. This movie shows many examples of unmoral and unethical police work. Denzel Washington is a narcotics detective for the LAPD named Alonzo Harris. His methods of enforcing the law are very questionable during the film‚ if not corrupt. Harris’ job is to train rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Many Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt and this presents questions for him whether or not to follow along with Harris‚ and if his methodology for ridding the streets in South
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The Equalizer reunites director Antoine Fuqua and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington in another action thriller film. Before the two worked on the film Training Day‚ which is regarded as one of Washington’s best films and won him the award as Best Actor for his role. The two come together once again to help elevate a poor script and make it a film that is actually worthwhile to watch. The story of The Equalizer follows a mild mannered retired black ops government operative named Robert McCall
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Today I will be talking about how is the concept of "experience through language" explored in David Williamson’s play The Removalist through the key issues and ideas in the Removalist. The Removalists is a play written by Australian play writer David Williamson in 1971. The main issues the play addresses are violence and the abuse of power and authority. The story is supposed to be a microcosm of 1970s Australian society. I will be talking about how the issues of abuse of authority and power are
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Fortinbras. He is a pretty important character‚ but I believe his part was cut from the film because his part is not a very necessary part in the play‚ and one can still understand the whole of the story without Fortinbras. But in the play‚ the ghost of Hamlet ’s father appears dressed in armor‚ as if ready for battle‚ and Horatio says it must be a sign about their preparation for war. The whole element of war in the play is important because it is always in the back of everyone’s head. Yes‚ all this tragedy
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prefer modern day films to silent films. I agree with you that silent films are very boring and dull compared to modern day films. Modern day films have more advanced technology making the film better in general. But it is good to understand and learn about silent films even though you don’t enjoy them‚ they are an important part of history. Modern films have a lot of characters and have a bigger better storyline to follow. There are plenty of other things that make modern day films better like music
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Training Day Even though extreme‚ Training Day shows its audience a real life scenario of the power of temptation and the terror that is happening everyday in many of our inner cities. This film attempts to open our eyes to the idea that no one is immune to corruption‚ not even our police. Training Day is a thought provoking film that addresses the issues of corruption and violence that many people face everyday in our society and makes us face the fact that there is a darker side of the law
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The Removalists raised three fundamental questions: One socio-cultural (Is Australian society violent of its essence?) Political (do the forces of law and order rest on violence?) Psychological (do all of us have the kinds of aggressive instincts or behaviour patterns which Williamson depicts?) Characterisation: The ocker character used an exaggerated language that existed in the streets. He had limited range of values and experiences a negative view of women‚ he drank excessively‚ vulgar.
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