Underplayed Gems

Fights of Nations (1907)

Fights of Nations poster
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
4 min
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This silent short comedy from 1907 makes fun of different ethnic groups fighting with each other. It contrasts their bickering with an idealized vision of Americans living together happily.

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What happens

Fights of Nations è un cortometraggio muto del 1907 prodotto dalla American Mutoscope & Biograph. Il film comico prende in giro la rissosità che alcuni gruppi etnici sembrano mostrare tra di loro (spagnoli e messicani, ebrei, scozzesi, afro-americani, irlandesi), cui è contrapposto l'ideale americano in cui tutte le genti provenienti da diversi paesi convivono felicemente. Il contrasto è accentuato dalla visione stereotipata e caricaturale che viene data delle persone di paesi e culture diverse. Interessante è notare come all'inizio del Novecento, irlandesi, scozzesi e latinos fossero accomunati agli ebrei e agli afro-americani tra i gruppi etnici non-assimilati all'"American Way of Life". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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