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Actors: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Raisin In The Sun |
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At age 23, Lorraine Hansberry wrote this play based on her experiences growing up in a Chicago tenement. In the movie, unfulfilled Walter Lee Younger (Poitier), a chauffeur for a white businessman, lives in near-poverty with his mother, pregnant wife, son and sister. Now 35 and still submitting each day, “Shall I take the Drive, sir?,” Walter Lee sees his father's $10,000 life insurance inheritance as the only way to realize his dream of owning a liquor store.
But the unwavering matriarch (Claudia McNeil) has other ideas. She puts half the money towards a house in a middle-class white neighborhood, and the rest towards the sister's education. Furious as he sees his independence vanishing, Walter Lee convinces his mother of his plan's validity. After she gives in, we learn that his partner Willie, who allegedly had connections at the state capital, never showed up at the train station. Not only did Walter Lee give Willie the down payment, but his sister's college money as well.
What follows is the wrenching story of one family's resilience despite a swindle, and the homeowners' association's hypocritical attempt to keep them from the neighborhood.
--Angry Jim Magin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Raisin In The Sun |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- mother
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- con-artist/white collar crime
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- servant
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Body type
- (woman) fat
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Chicago
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- play
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