Arguably, blaxploitation films started the black centered film. The films were FUBU inspired, thus a more authentic representation of African American experience and thought, and showed the dichotomy of race and class in urban America. Struggling to produce this same authenticity, Gangster films often blurred the lines of actuality and performed reality in a consumer-driven society. Since the films were higher valued and “mass marketed”, Gangster films lost some of blaxploitation’s authenticity and instead started new problems of black representation in relation to violence and criminality. Both had similar thematics of violence and sexualized content, however after blaxploitation, films played more on stereotypical representations rather than real experiences.
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