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Denzel Washington
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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.
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eBook ISBN
9781844579198Edition
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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
- Cover
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 STARDOM AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION
- 2 AFTER BLAXPLOITATION, BEFORE NEW JACK CINEMA
- 3 ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR
- 4 ONE OF AMERICA’S FAVOURITE MOVIE STARS
- 5 BLUES DETECTIVES
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- FILMOGRAPHY
- INDEX