Reel Bad Arab Review: How Hollywood Vilifies People

: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

•        4/5 Stars ★★★★
•        Director: Sut Jhally 
•        Written by Jack Shaheen
•        Genre: Documentary 
•        Release date: November 1st, 2006 

                                                     Plot 

This movie's storyline depicts an important period in cinema history. How Arabs are portrayed in Hollywood films is explained by the narrator. He elaborates in detail about these films. He discusses Hollywood's long film history and shows how it helped to shape this monolithic perception of Arabs. The stereotype of an Arab has changed, from attractive, sexual belly dancers to the rich sexiest Arab males to terrorists who weld bombs. Sadly, our society has become accustomed to how Hollywood portrays Arab men and women. The narrator's main argument is that our film business is obsessed with portraying this group of people negatively in order to make money and forward its own agenda. Jack Shaheen tells us that most of Hollywood's movies portray Arabs in a negative manner and he hopes that he sees a change in the near future. 

Movie Review 

"Reel Bad Arabs" has a revolutionary plot. It brings up a subject that, in my opinion, many people find difficult to discuss. When "Reel Bad Arabs" was released, there was not enough discussion of how one can abuse another person because of their ethnicity, culture, or gender. In his documentary, Jack Shaheen cleverly combines a lot of other movie footage. It is absolutely frightening to see how Hollywood portrays Arab serotypes in its films. The sequences he selects from each of these films demonstrate just how prevalent these unfavorable characteristics that many people connect with Arabs are in the films we viewed. This documentary sheds light on the issues plaguing the film business and calls attention to the necessary reforms. The fact that Jack Shaheen doesn't mince words and gets right to the issue is what makes this movie so amazing. It was quite interesting and caught my attention because there were additional sequences from other movies. The absence of excellent music is what this documentary lacks. I believe that the addition of music would have enhanced this documentary's allure because it is a terrific attention-getter.

Reviews From Others

The review is titled "Unsettling Yet Unforgettable Documentary on Dehumanization" and was posted by user lisalurine to IMDb. The user awards a score of 10 out of 10. This review piqued my attention quite a bit. How this user highlights Jack Shaheen's accurate assessment of how Hollywood films have dehumanized and degraded Arabs as being without nonsense. This is ideal because Jack Shaheen was attempting to accomplish this. He was dissimulating the harsh realities of the motion picture business. The user draws attention to the fact that television shows also foster stereotypes of this nature. It's fantastic that they are aware of this because other groups do not always depict Arabs fairly. This person review is a 9 out of 10.