Why Levee Can't Open The Door - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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- Why Levee Can't Open The Door (& What It Means - BreakDown - ,Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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I felt like the door was a representation of Levee putting energy into the wrong things, the shoes, the girl, and the band. When he broke through the door it was yet another disappointment. He had a breakdown. All the rage went into the only thing he had left, the shoes.
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Same here. He broke the door to nowhere using too much force. It reminds me of the movie ray and how ray Charlies quit Lowell fulson band in a rage. Only good thing is he had a better career
he will be dearly missed man, i mean just look at him how he energetic in all the movie, who knows this is his last movie.
Right!!! & this movie to me just solidified how powerful of an actor he was
He knew he was dying that makes the scene about where is God when you need him so powerful.
All this blasphemy this man did in his last movie while he was sick with cancer what a terrible decision he made God ushered him into eternity maybe if he didn’t blaspheme the Lord he would’ve shown mercy on his soul he will probably be alive
That monologue about God hating black people was so moving. It felt like he was speaking what was in my heart and mind but could not say it out loud. I could feel his anger, pain and disappointment
Agreed. It made me emotional because I too sometimes have questions internally about what he was saying.
scene was powerful!
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Romans 11:1
King James Version
11 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
But through out that whole Bible black people is in it our history is in the Bible our bodies don't belong to us it all belongs to God everything we have does and leeve got what came to him you can't disrespect God and still think u gonna get away with it you seen in the movie how he had a gift and a opportunity ppl dream of but forgot who gave him the gift and that was God so God took it all away from him. One thing about God he will humble the mess out of you and his will we be done.
RIP Chadwick Boseman. You will be dearly missed.
white people ain't shit. i'm glad he portrayed the suffering of black man back in their times.
Maybe it represents the way he is essentially trapped in his life by his tragic life experiences and systemic racism. Even when he bursts through the door by force it is just a bricked up wall and the sky can be seen way up high. Too high seemingly to reach. His frustration is palpable.
That's exactly what I thought when we get to see how small and tall the room is. Throughout the whole movie we get to see how rasicm has put a huge mental toll on him. He wishes he could take out his frustration on white people, but he knows how that'd end up, so he puts his aggression on his colleagues. This is why white people as a whole need to fix what we've done. It's not enough to change laws, we have to change our mindset too.
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I think that’s a better explanation for that scene! That little room may represent the sky, but from the view point of an imprisonment. Maybe his mind felt trapped and he snapped.
Bingo
Ignorance will block your opportunity to succeed.
So will others when they see you as an opportunity.
Everytime 👍
@@javacalvin8420 Absolutely, if you let them
Anger, jealousy, rage, bitterness, un-forgiveness, and jealousy will too. Levee was holding on to all of that. That ended up destroying him more then anything. We have to fight to let toxic things go. Before it ruin us before it is all said and done.
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The brick room with no ceiling is a precursor to the jail cell he's heading for next.
Wat
He's been in circumstances he didnt want to be his whole life....tried to get out of them all the way down to his shoes. He thought changing shoes would change where he was going. His life was an unstoppable damn, eventually the levee broke.
Yep. That makes sense now. I didn't think about that. He was already bound and imprisoned in his mind unfortunately. And his poor decision caused him to end up being imprisoned physically before it was all said and done.
What was really captivating is people still get angry and I even know of someone killed over stepping on shoes. I understand there is a underlying issue but that honestly haunted me!
Yea we all know about that singular issue for what about 25 years now?
That's too simple...
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Chadwick’s character was so upsetting.
The closed door for me represented obstacles placed in the lives of black people and how as we break down one door another (and often more difficult) obstacle awaits.
The door represents the illusion of the possibility of being able to break down the door to our hopes and ambitions, to only find that the system is set up against us, to imprison us, and box us in at a certain level that is for most impossible to get beyond, who lack a means to do so. This made worse by the fact that we are aware of the brighter world that others enjoy. The use of lighting emphasised this as for the most part the bands quatres was dimly lit, whereas Ma Rainey (who had gained power) was shown often in well lit and somewhat luxurious surroundings.
Maybe he couldn't open it because it symbolizes that he has potentially has a bright future. However, his choices lead to that bright future being forever lost; thus, when he opens the door it is that bright future escaping from his soul to the open world, symbolizing he lost what he could have had.
I love ur analysis!
So the all white band was playing Levee's music at the end? That was accurate.
They were playing Ma’s music.
@@k9blazesensation they were the lyrics of Levee's song
Yes
Basically the door and the shoe represnt their failure he is the kind of person who want to win everything by heroic scene but he fails
I really understood the spirit of the scene where he's rejected and hurt and he can't lash out at it, so he lashed out at someone else. Very powerful scene.
The closed door is the door to Hollywood, a door that leads to nowhere.
I think he was always searching for a shortcut/way out. He only noticed the door when he has hopes of recording his own music. It’s hope/aspiration/his way out.When he finally opens it, he sees another wall,a dead end. Which mimics the arch of his character.
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Anyone complaining about the movie focusing on Levee should know this movie is based off a play that came out in the 80s. Yall had over 30 years to complain about this story
Lolol
Shut up old man
Once a man twice a child. He looks like a baby. Wonderful talent. How he has changed history of real artist. Bless his soul🙏🏽
I've seen that in the black community always worried about somebody stepping on their shoes...I can remember dancing at clubs in the 70s & 80s u bet not step on somebody's feet or 👠👟 that was a straight up fight.
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Just watched it last night..I'm sorry that this was an amazing artist like Chadwick Boseman last film. Great artist and beloved, but maybe he felt he owed it to Denzel, who helped his career get started, to play this part of Levee. I felt I was at a play. The God scene took me to another place. I dont know, just did not sit well with me....RIP Chadwick.
the film is just great
I watched this movie 🍿 twice! Every time I watched it I get a different interpretation. That religion scene hit different!
I feel the room represents the struggle that many blacks have faced. Once you get through or break through, like your counterpart or the white man here, there is only bliss for him, but for the black man, woman etc there is nothing but an empty space and another insurmountable task or brick wall to climb until you can achieve greatness. My mom and grandma used to instill in us or tell us "you have to twice as good as them to get what you want, dont ever let them see that it bothers you".... This is what I get from this empty room scenario. This movie had so many situations like this.
Man a rare treasure! Chadwick Boseman was a true class act man im happy he was able 2 live his dreams while he was here I don't know why he was cut down in his prime but...Fly High King 🙏!!!
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Chadwick acted his whole black ass off in this. Levy was my favorite/least favorite character. I've watched it 3 times already 🔥🔥🔥🔥 all the way through. Coleman Domingo & Viola Davis killed it as usual as well.
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In my opinion, I thought it was a way of illustrating how some one like Levee keeps getting knocked down until his ultimate goal gets taken from him. He couldn’t take the mental anguish, especially at such a young age, and he snapped, and stabbed someone on his side, in the back. I felt it was making a statement of systemic racism, and how it affects each person.
Loved the movie. Loved the message.
The God monologue was epic & he personified a man full of hate for the Lord. Don’t know if I would’ve been able to stand flat footed and curse God in that manner... acting or not.
Levee’s character had a lot of misplaced rage, from the story about the mother’s rape, to the disrespect he showed to Ma & other bands members to the unfortunate murder of his peer, Toledo.
Wasted talent.
Disturbing. Especially that blasphemy scene and the fact that he died after this...
Best artist I know... why do you have to go?... could have stayed a little longer...now you’re gone forever...💔🥺
The door represents the opportunities the old black generation didn't have. Levee argues that the door wasn't there before, which means now there's record labels owned by black people but still because of being black, you still have to work 100 times to reach the level of success you wish for.
No amount of money or role wouldve made me disrespect God and Jesus like that. I love them to much!!!💪🙏💪🤍
Exactly ..and the fact he saw God after death ..man o man
@@usedbyjesus Facts... I pray he asked for forgiveness afterwards. A true believer wouldve never taken that role. I had to forward it because my soul couldnt take it. I cant listen to someone talk to our father so fearlessly. I'll never watch it again.
My fiancé said the exact same thing you just said. Halfway through that scene where where he attacked the other men that’s when my fiancé couldn’t take it anymore
@@devegas4910 We all have to face God someday ( may Chadwick R.I.P) but I wanted to jump thru the tv and beat his ass! I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord. We're suppose to fear him and love him at the same time. This was beyond disrespectful.
Wow.
I think this video and analysis were just great.
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like in all the film he just getting ignored he just want to complish but he can't
Dynamic performance, art imitates life
I wonder if his other band mates knew about the door too, and what’s really behind it, either from experience or heeding advice from others (Just like they knew the reality of Ma being the final authority in choosing what songs to play and what style). And they kept trying to get Levee to not focus on the door as a way to protect him from the truth.
We miss you Chad! He played ICONIC roles!
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Thanks for the video, it gave me a different perception
T.I.P the king 👑
Great movie, Ma and Levee me all day everyday.
For me I didn't see the scene so much as Levee's ongoing struggle as a "Negro"(Black/African American was pretty much a non-existent noun) in 1920. I saw Levee as a symbol to be interpreted through the eyes of the individual who's looking at him.
The door metaphor was kinda weak but with explanation I get it
Chadwick Boseman was a PHENOMENAL actor
I didn’t understand that scene into now.
Its was a horrible character..
Y'all be criticizing the character Denzel played in Training Day for being a corrupt dirty cop but yet y'all praise Chadwick for playing a rude, not believing in GOD, a man that murdered his fellow Black man...
Now you are just milking this damn movie dry...
I think the door may represent something larger, the door is difficult to open yet it leads to a small echoey court yard where we can assume the people on the street can hear him well. It is like leveey’s ambition to be famous, once he has broken through the barrier of fame the white people out side will be able to hear him but the still will not care what he has to say.
So nobody is talking about what happened after the stabbing 😂😂
Chd you just awrsi
Jesus loves you
Who is the non MELENATED narrator of this. Typical.
5 minutes of relentless BLASPHEMY against GOD sealed his fate movie script or not .
You have a few wrong takes in this. I think you should review and edit.
Really nice 👌 😍💋 💝💖❤️
I want my 1.5 hours back! Reads like another bad Quentin movie.
Everything you didn’t get out of this movie, I did! Wakanda Forever🙅🏽♀️
Over-analysis and finding metaphors that aren’t there and regurgitation of the plot. This video is a waste of time except for the recap of Boseman’s captivating performance.
This was not a good movie. It was not about Ma at all just the Panther guy which honestly why would he play that role in his condition not good and to me yes to ME he was not good you could see the sickness. Why do that to yourself. Anyways it wasn't good they stayed in that room too long and just showed a weird side of Ma Rainy she was much more than that they even dressed her down she looked much better than that . To me the movie was an insult to a brown woman who made her way during jim crow times. 👎🏿
It's about a day in her life that's it
It’s based off of a play.
You never been to broadway before ?