[Hank]

Originally posted by ProfessorNumber:
First: The characters. Why did the director pick an Indian and an Asian? Maybe the director wanted to be different. Or, maybe someone wanted to put Asians and Indian people in a better light. In a sense subliminally cause caucasion stoners and teenagers to not think of their Indian peers as different. In fact, the movie portrayed them as being very "cool". I could honestly see some stupid white stoner coming out from this film and having a higher opinion of Indian kids...
Third: The Stereotypes. Referencing my first analysis paragraph, it seemed as if the stereotypes were put in the movie with a specific intent. White kids were portrayed as grungy tough guys who were "extreme" and loved Mt. Dew. Black people were portrayed as helpless victims of discrimination and bigot cops. Cops were presented as the douchebags from highschool that no one really liked. The kind of people who beatup kids smarter than them, but ended up with a low paying job working as a full time jerk (cop). Is this true? probably not, but this image does appeal to stoners who already thought of cops as fucking cocksuckers. Asians & Indians, however, were shown acting like white people. Not too many other movies have done this. I detected a subtle undertone of counter-racism in this movie. That isn't really a big deal I guess, it's just that I wonder how many other people will see that deep into the movie, or it it might actually have an effect on white people's views.

Why does everything have to be about race to you?