City Roles - Honey

In the film Honey, I feel that the city plays a huge role in the narative because although this movie quite possibly could have been based in a different city and still have the same effect, the fact that it needs a city to progress makes it a relitivley good choice to analyse.

The narative shows certain choices that the children of new york are forced to make in a bid to be safe, on top and even just to survive. The drug abuse they wittness on a daily bases also had a role in the film because it allows the narative to take a bad situation and create some form of hope.

Jessica Alba (Honey) sets herself the challenge to build a dance studio in order to help some kids she met have a better life, and to keep them out of trouble. One of the kids however is so involved with this drug dealing that he has it rough trying t get out of the situation. I think the city has a huge role in this particualr childs life because without the decision he was forced to make to get into the drug dealing in the first place as a means of survival he would be okay and not in need of the help he received as a result of choosing this life style.

Once the child gets out of the situation with the help of "Honey" he shows talents that were unseen before hand. By showing his talent he becomes quite sucessful and is shown for the first time the love of his mother. I think the fact that the city forces children to take up this lifestyle as a means of survival is really shown in this movie. And the true nature of a life like that is brought to light showing the violence, crime, neglect and depth of emotions that some people really go through living a life like this.