Rude (1995)

• Clement Virgo: Director
• Words from Rude
• Leading Questions
• Cast and Character names
• "Creating Heterotopia: Politics of Resistance and Belonging" (An academic paper on Rude)
• Group Report Outline



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Leading Questions

• Theme: How is the temporal setting (Easter weekend) important?  Do you think that the film suffers from being overtly symbolic?
• Rude:
1. What are the functions of the DJ, Rude?  How does she criticize Babylon (Toronto)?  How does she call forth the lost identities of Caribbean immigrants -- or black diaspora?
2. Pay atttention to the settings where Rude gives her speeches.   Not always the same: one time in a studio, one time out of nowhere, and, at the end, in a dining room setting.   What do you make of this?
• Maxine:
1. What are the significances of the video fragments in her episode?
• General (Luc)
1. Discuss the complicated power relationships between Reece, Luc, his wife, and Yankee.
2. What is the importance of the mural?
• Jordon (the boxer)
1. In him we also see a break through (self-destruct) and re-birth.  How is that presented in the ways he does the boxing?
2. How is boxing as a career related to homosexuality?

Cast:

• Sharon M. Lewis  ....  Rude, the pirate radio station DJ who strings the three plotlines as well as the lives in Toronto together.

 
• Maurice Dean Wint    ....  General, Luke, in between drug-dealing and maintaining a decent family life.
• Clark Johnson (I)   ....   Reece, Luke's brother, also in love with
• Stephen Shellen ....  Yankee
• Ashley Brown   ....  Johnny, Luke's son
• Melanie Nicholls-King ....  Jessica, Luc's wife

 
• Rachael Crawford (I)  ....  Maxine, a window dresser who just had an abortion and then is jilted by her boyfriend

 
• Richard Chevolleau   ....  Jordan, a boxer confronting his emerging homosexuality.
• Gordon Woolvett  ....  Ricky
• Dayo Ade  ....  Mike

Dean Marshall  ....  Joe