Crash is TRASH

Rating: 1/10 (7 March 2006)

LA is a nice place for us in the Academy. Apparently we all live very close to each other with other minorities; by the way what are these places called Compton, East LA, Downtown, or West Hollywood? Our Hispanic population is very domestic, and black people are either wealthy Hollywood insiders or rapping gang bangers-NO INBETWEEN. We do not have any homeless people around. Oh, and we do not have any gay people either!
But seriously. Crash was a superficial look at race relations in Los Angeles. I have lived in Los Angeles for many years, and have spent time in East Los Angeles, Compton, and skid row in down town Los Angeles. From my perspective this movie seems to be from the point of view of someone who lives in the Hollywood Hills, who's only encounter with minorities are Hispanic domestic help, Middle Eastern store clerks, and black people they pass on the street or see on the evening news.
Rather than break down the stereotypes of race, I found that the movie reinforces them. Take a close look at how minorities are really portrayed in this movie. Then think of the people we all saw on television following Hurricane Katrina. Does this movie really have anything new to offer that has not been discussed over the last 50 years? No, it is a coop out.