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8 Mile
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Supplementary Material: 8 Mile by Peter Hudson What is the purpose of the film? The purpose of the critically acclaimed 8 Mile starring controversial rapper Eminem and directed by the well-established Curtis Hanson of ‘LA Confidential’ fame is to show a white rapper’s struggle for respect and survival in the tough side of Detroit, Michigan in the USA. The movie is also a semi-autobiographical piece based on Eminem’s life before becoming famous. The film deals with James ‘Rabbit’ Smith, Jnr’s (Eminem) harsh and cold attitude towards life and people in higher roles than himself. The world seems to hate him and he hates it more. The significance of the title 8 Mile is that there is a road in Detroit called 8 Mile Rd and is what separates the rich people from the poor people in the city. Information about the movie Being white in a predominantly black neighbourhood is what makes Rabbits acceptance his biggest barrier. Rabbit has dreams of escaping from the harsh side of life and living it up as a mega-rich superstar rapper. Throughout the film Rabbit is promised by Wayne to get a spot in the recording studio and get a chance to record a demo to send out so he can get his rap career started. The movie opens with Rabbit choking from a rap duel at a local club the ‘Chin Tiki’, this then gives more fuel to burn to his doubters and his enemies who believe he is nothing. Rabbit deals with change throughout this movie as he learns to understand that he is not more special than the other bums around the neighbourhood, and he conveys this by his quote: “Have you ever thought about saying f**k it, and stop living up here (the clouds) and start living down here (reality)”. His friends also fall under the same category of having big dreams and plans but never actually doing it: “Man, thats all we ever do man, is talk s**t, (mimicking his friends) 'we need to get fine bitchs and phat (cool) rides', 'no what we need to do is put our money in savings bonds', 'no what we need to do is get our songs on J.O.B.2', man shut the f**k up, all of us never do s**t about nothing, and still broke as f**kers and live at home with our mom's”. When Rabbit finds his girlfriend, Alex having sex with Wayne (she is using Wayne so she get to bigger things in New York as Wayne supposedly has connections), Rabbit realises that he can’t trust anyone and has to do things his way.
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