Urban Rashomon

Gonna return to this after watching Rashomon. It’s very likely this requires the context of that film to actually appreciate it, because this makes Khalik Allah look morally bankrupt and opportunistic. Only made worse by the fact that he acknowledges that he’s objectifying this man and leaning in to perverse voyeurism, but then continues.

Gonna return to this after watching Rashomon. It’s very likely this requires the context of that film to actually appreciate it, because this makes Khalik Allah look morally bankrupt and opportunistic. Only made worse by the fact that he acknowledges that he’s objectifying this man and leaning in to perverse voyeurism, but then continues.

Uncomfortable yet beautiful reality

Uncomfortable yet beautiful reality

I thought Frenchie died and then came back to life to smoke some k2 lmao

I thought Frenchie died and then came back to life to smoke some k2 lmao

very powerful in a lot of ways

very powerful in a lot of ways

What I really appreciate about Urban Rashomon is
the brutal honesty. Allah reflects on Frenchy as it is
and lets the viewer do the moralizing. He's just there
to document. In a way, this approach feels even more
humane because he's not using Frenchy to impose some
moral argument on the audience. He just creates a
portrait and lets the bigger themes reveal themselves. It's
definitely showing not telling.

One time Allah kinda tells though. In one of the most
memorable moments, Frenchy lights a woman's cigarette
and in this moment so much humanity is revealed in
someone society has deemed less than human.

What I really appreciate about Urban Rashomon is
the brutal honesty. Allah reflects on Frenchy as it is
and lets the viewer do the moralizing. He's just there
to document. In a way, this approach feels even more
humane because he's not using Frenchy to impose some
moral argument on the audience. He just creates a
portrait and lets the bigger themes reveal themselves. It's
definitely showing not telling.

One time Allah kinda tells though. In one of the most
memorable moments, Frenchy lights a woman's cigarette
and in this moment so much humanity is revealed in
someone society has deemed less than human.