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Imitation of Life is American Drama movie who released on April 30, 1959 (US). This 125 minutes movie directed by Douglas Sirk and Produced by Ross Hunter, who tells about An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white. Imitation of Life is based on 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst with the same name. It starring  
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Imitation of Life is American Drama movie who released on April 30, 1959 (US). Directed by Douglas Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter, this 125-minute film tells the story of an aspiring white actress bringing an African-American widow into In the despair of the biracial daughter, she was regarded as white. Imitating Life is based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name. It starring  
  
 
*''[[wikipedia:Lana_Turner|Lana Turner]]'' as Lora Meredith
 
*''[[wikipedia:Lana_Turner|Lana Turner]]'' as Lora Meredith
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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
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The story starts in 1948, when two widowed mothers of young daughters meet at Coney Island: Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), an aspiring actress, who is white, and Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a homeless and unemployed woman, who is black. The Johnsons move in with the Merediths; Annie keeps house while Lora auditions. A decade later, Lora is the toast of Broadway and Annie (who still calls her Miss Lora) continues to maintain the house. Meanwhile, Lora endures troubled relationships with a playwright (Dan O’Herlihy), an adman (John Gavin), and her daughter (Sandra Dee); Annie’s light-skinned teen-age daughter, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner), is working as a bump-and-grind showgirl and passing as white, even as whites pass as happy and Annie exhausts herself mastering her anger and maintaining her self-control. <ref>https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/a-letter-to-three-wives</ref>
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The story begins in 1948, when the widowed mothers of two widows met on Coney Island: an aspiring actress, Lana Turner, was white, and an unemployed homeless woman, Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore) is black. . The Johnsons live with Meredith. Annie keeps the house while Lora auditions. Ten years later, Lora became a Broadway toast, and Annie (still calling her Miss Laura) continued to maintain the house. At the same time, the relationship between Lora and the playwright (Dan O’Herlihy), the advertiser (John Gavin) and her daughter (Sandra Dee) is in trouble. Annie’s fair-skinned underage daughter, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner), plays the impetuous showgirl, passing by like white people. Although the white people passed like a happy one, Anne exhausted her anger and maintained self-control. <ref>https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/a-letter-to-three-wives</ref>
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
 
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There is a scene where the two girls play with dolls. There is a white doll and a black doll. Susie naturally gives the black doll to Sarah Jane, but Sarah Jane tosses it to the ground and demands the white doll. Because she doesnt want to be seen as a black. There's also a scene where Sarah Jane is made to feel inferior at school or beaten by her boyfriend because he finds out that Sarah is black, nobody is criticizing the racists—instead, they're arguing about how terrible it is that Sarah Jane is telling white people she's white. ''"In the 1934 film, no one speaks out against racism".''
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There is a scene where two girls play with dolls. There is a white doll and a black doll. Susie naturally gifted the black doll to Sarah Jane, but Sarah Jane threw it on the ground and asked for the white doll. Because she didn't want to be considered black. There is also a scene where Sara Jane feels inferior or beaten by her boyfriend at school because he discovered that Sara is black and no one criticizes racists. On the contrary, they are arguing about how terrible Sara Jane is telling people about her. White people who are white people. ''"In the 1934 film, no one speaks out against racism".''
  
Sarah doesn't want to be seen as a black then she wants the opportunities available to the white woman she can pretend to be. The problem is that every time Annie shows up, announcing herself as Sarah-Jane’s mother, her cover is blown and feel shame about her real identity. <ref>https://lwlies.com/articles/imitation-of-life-douglas-sirk-in-praise-of/</ref>It also shows that if one is black and wants to get a job, she/he cant succeed at the white job even "The problem, we’re told, isn’t that whites are racist against blacks, but that blacks really can’t be like whites. Instead, they should embrace their blackness and be like the well-cared-for". <ref>https://www.filmsranked.com/imitation-of-life-racism-vicious-and-defensive/</ref>
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Sarah does not want to be considered black, but she wants the opportunity to pretend to be a white woman. The problem is that whenever Annie shows up and announces that she is Sarah-Jane's mother, her cover is blown up and she feels ashamed of her true identity. <ref>https://lwlies.com/articles/imitation-of-life-douglas-sirk-in-praise-of/</ref>his also shows that if a black person wants to get a job, she/he cannot succeed in white job ''"The problem, we’re told, isn’t that whites are racist against blacks, but that blacks really can’t be like whites. Instead, they should embrace their blackness and be like the well-cared-for".'' <ref>https://www.filmsranked.com/imitation-of-life-racism-vicious-and-defensive/</ref>
  
 
==Reference==
 
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[[Category:Black Racism in Drama Movies]]
 
[[Category:Black Racism in Drama Movies]]
 
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Revision as of 12:01, 8 March 2021

Imitation of Life Movie Poster

Imitation of Life is American Drama movie who released on April 30, 1959 (US). Directed by Douglas Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter, this 125-minute film tells the story of an aspiring white actress bringing an African-American widow into In the despair of the biracial daughter, she was regarded as white. Imitating Life is based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name. It starring

Plot

Imitation-of-life-900x0-c-default.jpg

The story begins in 1948, when the widowed mothers of two widows met on Coney Island: an aspiring actress, Lana Turner, was white, and an unemployed homeless woman, Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore) is black. . The Johnsons live with Meredith. Annie keeps the house while Lora auditions. Ten years later, Lora became a Broadway toast, and Annie (still calling her Miss Laura) continued to maintain the house. At the same time, the relationship between Lora and the playwright (Dan O’Herlihy), the advertiser (John Gavin) and her daughter (Sandra Dee) is in trouble. Annie’s fair-skinned underage daughter, Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner), plays the impetuous showgirl, passing by like white people. Although the white people passed like a happy one, Anne exhausted her anger and maintained self-control. [1]

Controversy

Imitation-of-life-doll.jpg

There is a scene where two girls play with dolls. There is a white doll and a black doll. Susie naturally gifted the black doll to Sarah Jane, but Sarah Jane threw it on the ground and asked for the white doll. Because she didn't want to be considered black. There is also a scene where Sara Jane feels inferior or beaten by her boyfriend at school because he discovered that Sara is black and no one criticizes racists. On the contrary, they are arguing about how terrible Sara Jane is telling people about her. White people who are white people. "In the 1934 film, no one speaks out against racism".

Sarah does not want to be considered black, but she wants the opportunity to pretend to be a white woman. The problem is that whenever Annie shows up and announces that she is Sarah-Jane's mother, her cover is blown up and she feels ashamed of her true identity. [2]his also shows that if a black person wants to get a job, she/he cannot succeed in white job "The problem, we’re told, isn’t that whites are racist against blacks, but that blacks really can’t be like whites. Instead, they should embrace their blackness and be like the well-cared-for". [3]

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