Ask and you shall receive. Many of our readers have emailed us recently wanting a review of the movie “Crash,” starring Don Cheadle, Ludacris, Sandra Bullock and Matt Dillon. Here is the movie byline: “Issues of race and gender cause a group of strangers in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally collide in this drama from director and screenwriter Paul Haggis.”
TheStateOf…race relations. “Crash” is an in-your-face look at America’s ever-complex racial dynamic. While many producers tend to use nuance and implication to touch racial issues, “Crash” “crashes” right through wall of silence. Crash is unique in that race relations aren’t seen only “black and white,” but also Latino, Asian and Arab as well–all reflecting America’s growing diversity. And the movie goes even further, highlighting divisions within each race: the rich black vs the poor black; the white racist vs the non-racist, etc. In one particularly good scene, a rich black man, played by Terrence Howard, looks at a poor black thief, played by Ludacris, and says, “You embarass me; you embarass yourself.” All in all, I thought Crash was good but not great. For all its directness, it got a little corny at some points.
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