Language Codes in Bulworth
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The 1998 film, Bulworth, was described by Allen and Goodheart (p. 73) as a scathing political satire indicting the corporate manipulation of American politics and the reigning capitalist mystique. With Warren Beatty starring as the title character and also functioning as the co-author and director of the film, the message emphasizes democratic socialism and heralds the Black urban underclass as its vanguard. In this brief report, the language codes of the ghetto and the political community as depicted in the film will be discussed. The opening scene of the film, narrated in a voice-over by Beatty/Bulworth, uses the language codes of the political community: "We stand at the doorstep of a new millenniuma" Bulworth uses such terms as "family values" and "responsible politics" in his pre-breakdown speech. However, the film emphasizes the fact that Senator Bulworth is the prototype of political subterfuge, dishonesty, chicanery, kowtowing to big money lobbyists and vote-buyers. When Bulworth, speaking at an African-American church during his campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate breaks down, what disappears are the codes of political community. What emerges is a new Bulworth who tells his audience that African-Americans don't vote enough or contribute much money to the political parties and that is why Democrats don't care about Blacks anymore than Republicans do. Besides, Bulworth also says that "if you can't cut down on malt liquor and chicke
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)
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