The film Tsotsi has a lot of music that is difficult to overlook and ignore. In movies and TV shows, I find it interesting to hear the music that is not part of the soundtrack. This is the music that is played on the radio, or you can hear it through someone's headphones. This was seen in Tsotsi. When Tsotsi was stealing the car, you could hear the music on the radio. When Tsotsi tries to cover up the sound of the crying baby, we heard the music from his radio. I like seeing this in movies and TV shows because it makes the scene more realistic. It also makes me feel as if I'm in the scene with the characters. It also creates a unique feeling of being connected to the characters and the events in the scene.
On that note, here's a question: Why do you think Tsotsi was silent for the majority of the beginning of the movie?
I've been thinking of an answer, but I haven't come up with anything really profound. I'm interested in hearing what you all think!
I think Tsotsi was silent at the beginning of the movie because perhaps this is a representation of him not having a voice in South African society. This is because he was apart of the poor majority black population. Therefore his character image may replicate his demographic in real South African society. -Morgan Raddatz
ReplyDeleteI believe that Tsotsi was silent because his words weren't as powerful as his actions. People always say actions speak louder than words. Words hurt, but when someone actually acts out, that hurts a lot more. An example would be when Tsotsi shot the lady and took her car. Another example would be when he found the baby in the back of the car, but then he ended up keeping it.
ReplyDelete- Molly Slattery
I believe that Tsotsi was silent because of the society he grew up in. It was representing him being apart of the poor black population and how they didn't have a say or a "voice" when the white population can and took their land. I also believe that the director purposely did this as a "hook" to draw the audience into the movie. Think about how different the opening scene would have been if you heard Tsotsi reason for stealing the car versus him staying silent and just taking it.
ReplyDelete-Megan McCarthy
I also think that Tsotsi was silent because it's representational of him not having as powerful a voice in the society he was a part of. I think it's an interesting take on representing how members of society don't have a voice, since Tsotsi's friends were all very vocal in comparison.
ReplyDelete- Natalie Trzcinko
I think that Tsotsi was silent because he was alone. Yes, he did have his guys, but he lives by himself. No one to come home to - mother, father, animals - because of his past. In the beginning, Tsotsi had a lot of feelings bottled up and didn't know what to do about it due to his family's past. When those feelings/ situations came up, he reacted violently. He didn't care how others felt around him when these violent outbursts happened. Then, when the baby came into his life, he started to find a purpose and a way to cope with his feelings and some way to care about others and himself.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I thought of when I read this question - which was a good one.
- Danielle Peters
I believe he didn't speak up because of several reasons. The first could be that he's just a naturally silent guy. As I read in other posts Tostsi expressed himself more with actions than with words. Second because of his childhood. As we saw in the film he had a very traumatic childhood so he probably keeps a lot of things bottled up because he's going over the events of his past in his head. We also don't know how strong the relationship was with his mother. From what I can infer from the flashback in the film it looked like they were close. Maybe she was his closest confidant and after she died a part of him died with her.
ReplyDelete-Sarai