Stereotypes In The Film Reel Bad Arabs

The film Reel bad Arabs reveal many stereotypes and racial prejudice throughout the film. these stereotypes are built on accepted truths which are then used to build a foundation for these racists beliefs and stereotypes. Image makers have constantly vilified Arabs, we see examples of this all throughout Hollywood and even in some of the today's biggest block busters. and there is a consistent pattern of Arab stereotypes. all aspects of the western culture portray Arabs as the bad guys. they have basically taken a few images and the mythology of Arabs to build a foundation for these stereotypes. images from French and the British that have travelled to the middle east and from people of haven't travelled there have all made the Arabs portrayed as the oriental. An example is the film 'Samson Against the Sheik' it embodies many of the stereotypes associated with "Arab Land". This old representation of Arab land was then recycled and used as today's representation of Arab land, with the same degrading aspects of the old black and white Hollywood films. Disneys Aladdin was referenced; it reinforces these stereotypes from the very first opening song to the film. "where they cut off your ear if they

the film further explained that the Arab image began to change after WWW2 when the Palestinian Israeli conflict, the Arab oil embargo in the 70s, and the Iranian revolution. And how those three events brought the middle east to Americans, and whereby these events helped build foundations to the stereotypes, and prejudice in movies. the scenes of the show host who is "mad as hell and can't take it anymore" about the Arabs buying out the tv station. The movement started a large hatred for a large group of people. Another example would be the way cinema represented the Palestinian