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Actors: Diana Ross, Billie Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mahogany |
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Tracey Chambers (played by Diana Ross) is a woman living in the projects who has a dream of becoming a fashion designer. Spurred on by this dream, Tracey enrolls in fashion design school and works on her craft. Along the way Tracey meets a handsome and suave inner city activist (played by Billie Dee Williams). The two share a flirtation and begin to date.
As Tracey pursues a career in the fashion industry she is knocked down a few pegs when her credentials are sneered at and no one wants to give her a leg up in the fashion business. Tracey's luck changes when she is "discovered" by a fashion photographer (played by Anthony Perkins) who sees amazing potential in her exotic looks and dark coloring. He dubs her Magohany. Quickly, Tracey/Mahogany is transformed into a diva/model who is much in demand.
The demands of Mahogany's career and her diva-like mentality create trouble in her relationship with the activist, who doesn't like the changes in his woman. As Mahogany spirals out of control she engages in an affair with the photographer who discovered her and ends up being the object of his obsessed mind. As Mahogany rises to the heights of success she is forced to look deep within herself to realize her true potential.
--Sandra Calhoune, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mahogany |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- model
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Any profanity?
- None
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