A Bronx Tale

This week we watched "A Bronx Tale". I watched this movie before on my own and didn't think it was really interesting but when I watched it my class, it was much more different. Some scenes were actually enjoyable. The movie took place where a lot of Italians lived and since it was back in the days, blacks were still looked down upon. The people in the movie were put into large groups and within the large group was also other groups. Everyone in the movie had some sort of nickname that matched their attitude or personality in some way. It's funny how we also have nicknames for each other now but it's usually if we just want to shorten someone's actual name. For example Calogero's name was too long and weird to say so people started calling him C. 

We seem to come into groups with the things we bring. It could be some sort of a talent even. In C's case, Sonny brought him in because C didn't rat on Sonny. If C didn't do anything then Sonny probably would've never recognized him. 

It's funny how C ends up falling in love with a black girl when he knows that everyone in his neighborhood and even his friends hate black people. He goes against what his friends believed. Their neighborhood was so accustomed to knowing to hate black people from young but C wasn't like that. He looked at the girl for the first time and literally couldn't keep his eyes off her. Whites were first to hate black people and as people from foreign countries came, they kind of hated them to. They were all taught that black people are bad. Sure some didn't discriminate but majority did.

In the neighborhood, everybody respected Sonny not only because they loved him but because they also feared him. Sonny's crew was all gangster style and they had to have things their way. The way they got their respect was that they feared nobody. They were very confident about themselves. But Sonny knows what he's doing. He's been like that since young and can't change but C can. Sonny does have a father figure toward C. C's dad even categorize Sonny. Sonny and C never really met each other and got to know each other so C's dad  is judgmental of Sonny just because of the kind of people he associates himself with.  

We just grow accustomed to whatever happened before us. Sure there aren't extreme cliques and groups like how it was back then but that doesn't mean there still isn't particular groups we hang out with. Plus now we are more aware of things and can expect something from our actions. I, for one, know that if I witnessed a murder, I'm running to the police and demanding that I am protected by the witness protection program. Until I know that I'm completely safe. C didn't rat because he still looked at Sonny in a Godly way. And you don't mess with Sonny. 

When I first watched the movie, I also categorized Sonny as a really bad guy but then later on he wasn't so bad. I was too judgmental on first appearance. Sonny isn't good but he isn't that bad either. He's in between. He has to do what he has to do but he's also protecting C so he doesn't end up like him. 

We seem to categorize people from what we see on the surface. The exterior part of the group and not within.