Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch Essays

In 1995, political scientist, John Dilution, introduced the phrase super-predator. He referred to the coming of super-predators as kids who arise from inner black neighborhoods who created bloodbaths in America’s streets. One year later in 1996, Hillary Clinton labelled young black children as super-predators as well. Ever since Dilulio and Clinton began spreading the term, “super-predators”, it has settled its place in today’s politics and the on-going debate on effects of race on incarceration

“I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger” (The Dark Knight, 2008), this is the stand out sentence that the main antagonist, The Joker (Heath Ledger) speaks in the opening scene of the movie. Not only does this line set up the suspense for the rest of the movie but it also sets up the suspense for the opening scene of the movie. ‘The Dark Knight’ is a film directed by Christopher Nolan that builds suspense and intrigue throughout the movie, the director uses mise-en-scene, mise-en-shot