Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington

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Denzel Washington

About this book

In this illuminating insight into Denzel Washington's multifaceted image and remarkable career, Cynthia Baron traces his star persona and impact on mainstream society – from his time as a skilled actor in theatre and television in the 1980s, to his leading man roles in landmark films of the 1990s, to his place in Hollywood's elite in the 2000s.

Information

Publisher
British Film Institute
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781844574841
eBook ISBN
9781844579198
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
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masculinity 
are 
losing 
force. 
Donalson 
observes 
that 
Washington’s
performances 
in 
the 
1990s 
‘emerged 
as 
a 
bellwether 
for 
Hollywood’s
changing 
racial 
discourse 
on 
black 
masculinity 
and 
sexuality, 
outside
the 
familiar 
extremes 
of 
hypersexuality 
and 
asexuality, 
super 
criminal
or 
super 
human, 
and 
predator 
or 
saint’ 
(2012: 
65). 
Pointing 
to
Washington’s 
association 
with 
New 
Black 
Aesthetic 
masculinity,
Donalson 
contrasts 
Washington’s 
image 
with 
the 
‘prevalent 
gangsta
rap 
masculinity 
of 
young 
hip-hop 
celebrities’; 
he 
also 
describes
Washington 
as 
‘more 
confident 
and 
virile 
than 
the 
older, 
stoic,
conservative 
male 
figures 
of 
earlier 
media 
constructions’ 
(ibid.: 
83).
Thus, 
like 
other 
contemporary 
black 
actors 
playing 
characters
not 
easily 
associated 
with 
the 
upright 
saint 
or 
nihilistic 
predator,
Washington’s 
performances 
will, 
when 
appropriate 
to 
the 
character,
include 
physical/vocal 
expressions 
associated 
with 
African-American
culture, 
but 
not 
ones 
drawn 
unreflectively 
from 
white
misrepresentations 
of 
black 
culture. 
His 
portrayal 
of 
Jake
Shuttlesworth 
in 
Spike 
Lee’s 
He 
Got 
Game
perhaps 
echoes 
the
25
Washington 
re-enacts 
a 
lyrical 
move 
by
basketball 
great 
Earl 
Monroe 
in 
He 
Got 
Game 
(1998)

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. 1 STARDOM AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION
  9. 2 AFTER BLAXPLOITATION, BEFORE NEW JACK CINEMA
  10. 3 ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR
  11. 4 ONE OF AMERICA’S FAVOURITE MOVIE STARS
  12. 5 BLUES DETECTIVES
  13. CONCLUSION
  14. NOTES
  15. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  16. FILMOGRAPHY
  17. INDEX

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