D) Driving Miss. Daisy is an 80s classic that won multiple awards and received numerous academy award nominations for its acting and writing. The movie is good, but it lacks to give Morgan Freeman’s character Hoke any sort of development or life outside of his scenes with Miss. Daisy. Bogle discusses that Black Americans who work for white people in the past gained some sort of relationship with their boss, but at home when they were done with work often complained about their boss and talked about how they really felt about them. Bogle states that in the movie outside of his relationship with Miss. Daisy he never complains or has opinions on the matters concerning Miss. Daisy at home, which was the shortcoming of this movie.
I never really realized how racist the Rocky movies actually are. When I was younger, I adored the Rocky movies especially the first two and really enjoyed the underdog story that it told. Reading this, however, showed me a whole new perspective on these movies that I never thought of before. The fact that Apollo Creed was a Muhammed Ali-esque character who is an outspoken, confident, black man who is an amazing boxer. The fact that white people back then were sick and tired of black men taking over boxing and wanting to see themselves back on top, so they decide to green light a movie doing just that leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Also, using a black man as a steppingstone so the white man can achieve "The American Dream” is just so blatantly racist I’m upset with myself for not seeing it before. Not to mention Apollo just become the sacrificial side kick to Rocky only used as a means of drama in the fourth movie adds on to the other things as to why I hate that movie. Although these movies are inherently racist, I believe it does make the Creed movies a whole lot better to me.