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Actors: Beyoncé Knowles, Mekhi Phifer, Mos Def, Rah Digga, Joy Bryant, Wyclef Jean, Da Brat

Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Carmen: A Hip Hopera

Carmen: A Hip Hopera, is based on an opera from the 19th century. It blends a love opera with a lot of modern day rap and hip hop. Beyonce plays Carmen Jones, a seductress who constantly gets into trouble and falls in love. Her boyfriend is officer Derrick Hill, portrayed by Mekhi Pheiffer. One night she gets arrested and gets taken to jail. On the way the police officer Frank Miller, played by Mos Def, falls madly in love with her and doesn't take her to jail. Carmen then falls in love with superstar Blaze, and messes things up for everyone.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

--Dashaun Montanez, Resident Scholar

Analysis of Carmen: A Hip Hopera

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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - love triangle/polygon
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story? Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian) - Black

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - actor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) very short/crewcut
Body type - (man) muscular
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Body type - (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
United States Yes
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
Any profanity? - Some foul language
If lots of song/dance... - lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Rap/hip-hop

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