Julanne Payton
1/6/07
English 101 02
LA Confidential
LA Confidential was a film based in the 1950’s that revolved around sex, drugs, crime, and corruption in the Los Angeles Police department. There were many characters involved throughout the story, which include Ed Exley, Bud White, Jack Vincennes, Dudley Smith, and Lynn Bracken as well as many others. A double-life is a life that someone tries to have without other people knowing. A secret identity is another word for a double life, so many people try to live these lives and almost everyone does live a secret life that someone doesn’t know about it.
Every one of the characters in the movie lives a double life. For almost every character in the film the effect of the double life has made them forget the life that they had in the past. For example, Jack Vincennes even forgot why he became a cop in the first place. In the result of having theses double lives the characters in the film are able to do certain things. Because of Bud Whites past when his father beat his mother to death with a crow bar he is able to protect women, and go to the extreme when he see’s a woman that is or has been beaten. A few negative aspects of a double life are very apparent; Dudley Smith had the worst second life from the whole film. He was heavily into the underground world, including drugs and organized crime, even to the highest extreme of murder.
Having a secret identity that no one knows about or even a few know about can be both empowering and damaging. I think that in the case of having a double life like Bud White could be very empowering. Part of Bud’s double life was that he had such a care for woman and protected them from being hurt, and that is what empowers him. Although he damaged himself when he let go and hurt Lynn Bracken. On the other side, Dudley Smith had a double life that was completely damaging, not only to him but to others as well. Dudley first appears to be a great guy, and then you later find out that he is the one behind all of the crime. Dudley even went as far framing innocent people, and killing innocent police officers. Overall a secret life is something common in most people, it just depends on how you live your double life.
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3 comments:
You gave a very good description of the film and you knew all the characters and their motives very well.
I agree with Brooke. You gave a great description and I like the amount of detail that you used.
I think instead of talking about all five characters you should have probably focused on the three main characters and elaborated on them. But you had good organization through out your paper.
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