Tony Vallelonga, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South.
A point that needs to be brought up is that this film was based on a true story, one that was butchered in the eyes of Don Shirley's relatives.
The film touches upon global problems such as racism, segregation, xenophobia, stereotypes and simultaneously narrates about friendship, family values, talent and strength of mind.
It was incredibly interesting to watch the reaction of the western press on «Green Book» because in my opinion, American journalists more often and bravely speak on such topics as racism and political intolerance.
«Green Book» was plagued by controversy throughout its release.
Many publishers slammed the film for simplifying race relations and featuring a magical negro storyline.
Magical negro is a supporting stock character who comes to the aid of white protagonists in a film, this concept is usually used in American fiction.
There's a long tradition of these sorts of films, where the white character's growth is centered above the black character's story.
The major pretensions to «Green Book» from progressive left is that varying racism and prejudice got talked about 1) primarily as a problem that existed in the past and 2) as something one individual does to another.
The movie says us sort of «If we all just were better, more understanding and decent people to each other, the problem would go away», denying the institutional character of black's oppression.
It is possible to agree or disagree with the opinions of left journalists, but they forced every viewer to think about it and started a great discussion about political correctness in the film industry.
I felt Green Book did a great job of not only appearing like the 1960s but also making the viewer feel as though they were there.
A movie that can pull that off for pretty much the entire run time is a winner in my book.
March 2019
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