'A Theoretical Analysis Of Eminem B-Rabbit'

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In the 2002 semi-biographical film 8 Mile, the protagonist Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith Jr. (Eminem) are being both possessing universal commercial appeal and racially distinctive. According to Eric King Watts, “8 Mile accomplishes this paradoxical construction by portraying ‘‘Rabbit’’ as ‘‘white trash,’’ a discursively ‘‘dark’’ (white) object, and as an American mythological white subject.” There is no doubt that the 2002 semi-biographical film 8 Mile win an unprecedented success. The film’s star, Eminem, deducts the decadent white rapper “B-Rabbit” vividly, as “B-Rabbit” is the real projection in Eminem’s real-life. Although the fantastic hip-hop rap and legendary rapper Eminem attract the attention of a large number of teenagers, the truth, the darkness of human nature and racial problems that hidden behind the film is the crowning touch to the film. Problem of racial discrimination has always been serious and contradictory in the American history. The white rapper Rabbit, who stands out from the black, as well as his attempt to launch a rap career in a genre dominated by African…show more content…
According to the film synopsis, “The people of Detroit know 8 Mile as the city limit, a border, a boundary. It is also a psychological dividing line that separates Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem) from where and who he wants to be. A provocative fictional examination of a critical week in Jimmy's life.” The film’s title, 8 Mile Road, is the highway that runs along the border between the predominantly white upper class, Macomb County suburbs and Oakland County, and the lower class, predominantly black Detroit neighborhoods. In the 2002 semi-biographical film 8 Mile, Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith Jr. (Eminem) is a young, troubled white rapper who lives in a mobile home park in Warren, Michigan. Rabbit just tries to launch a rap career in a genre dominated by African Americans though an old-school shootout – a rap

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