Post-colonialism: Edward Said blog task

1) Summarise the three theorists we have looked at:
Alvarado - Black stereotypes.
Fanon - "White Mask"
Said - Us vs Them, East Vs West, Civilised and Uncivilised.

2) Watch the opening of Yasmin (2004) again. Does it offer a positive or negative view of British Muslims? To what extent does it reinforce or challenge Edward Said's theory of Orientalism - that the west is superior to the exotic or uncivilised east?
From watching the opening scenes of the movie 'Yasmine" we are able to see that Muslims are given both a positive and Negative stereotype. For example, at first we see that the father and the son are awake very early and then make their way to the mosque, in the shots we are also able to see that they are awake before anyone else in town which gives a positive representation of muslims. In addition, we are also able to see that the father is a working man. However, muslims are also given a negative representation. For example, we are able to see that the son of the muslim family wakes up late and looks lazy and uncivilised. 

3) Finally, choose THREE clips for EACH of the theorists and explain how you could apply that theory to the clip. Pick a selection of clips on YouTube from TV, film, music video or advertising and embed them in your blog before writing your analysis under each clip. Note: this means you needNINE clips in total on this blogpost.

Alvarado

This falls under the "Exotic" section as these black characters in the movie 'Straight Outta Compton' are music artist

                                               

This particular clip is linked to the humorous section as the black characters are represrented to be comedians. Also, there is also a sidekick which is Kevin Hart

                                             

This particular clip from the movie 'Menace to Society' reinforces the belief which shows that black characters are Dangerous as they are linked to crime, violence and gangs

Said

This can be linked to Edward Saids theory of orientalism which shows the difference between the civilised and uncivilised

                                      

                                       

                                    

Fanon

This can be linked to the 'infantilize' section of this theory as there are kids in this advert for charity who are made to look cute for sympathy.

                                           

This can be also be linked to fanons theory which belives that black characters are often represented as 'decivilsed' as they may fall under the category of being labelled as gangstas or pimps.

Lastly, this can be linked to either the 'decivilised' part of this theory or the 'Primitivize'