ANTH 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe, Mise-En-Scène
8 Dec 2018
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Boredom of poverty, poverty charges interest contribute to the characters" restlessness and recklessness of characters. Humor of poverty and lack of control; irony of colorful setting, name of the magic castle . The character of bobby (willem dafoe) as involuntary father figure (ie. protecting the kids from the elderly pedophile) Generational divide of values (ie. respect) as producing the socio-economic divide. Take some home wall art as oxymoronic; nothing to take home (physically or figuratively) Poverty as a learned behavior (ie. flipping off helicopters, taking trashy pictures, ice cream scamming) Jacey as surrogate for audience (concerned with other kids" behavior, yet following along) Baker combines the mise en scene of wes anderson (color, framing) and the social commentary of spike lee. Humor as a means of coping (both in the film as events unfold and for the audience viewing it) Glorification of crime and violence (ie. celebrating the condos burning, spectatorship of the parking lot fight)
