Brolic Scholar
Licensed Text Technician
On its surface, Training Day is a movie about a corrupt detective, Alonzo Harris, using a “training day” as a cover to lure Jake Hoyt into becoming a pawn in his mission to rob a drug dealer. If all goes as planned, Alonzo can pay off his debt to the Russians.
Hoyt is key to Alonzo’s credibility in robbing and killing a drug dealer because he is a “virgin shooter”. Alonzo’s plan is detailed and he has built in contingency measures for various scenarios. It’s interesting to think about, but that’s really not the point of my post.
The real genius of this movie is placing a black man in what is typically a white man’s role: the lying, thieving, murderous cop that will use the built in credibility of their position to fukk up other people’s lives.
It also places a relatable white man (thinks he’s cool, just doing his job, trying to advance, family man) in the typical role of a black person when dealing with the cops: in a position of having no control over the outcome of his dealing with a police officer.
Training Day is actually training the audience. The audience is unaware of it, but your average white person not interested in hearing what black people have to say about police brutality and corruption are thrown into the position of having to experience it through Hoyt’s character.
Think about it...
Hoyt is key to Alonzo’s credibility in robbing and killing a drug dealer because he is a “virgin shooter”. Alonzo’s plan is detailed and he has built in contingency measures for various scenarios. It’s interesting to think about, but that’s really not the point of my post.
The real genius of this movie is placing a black man in what is typically a white man’s role: the lying, thieving, murderous cop that will use the built in credibility of their position to fukk up other people’s lives.
It also places a relatable white man (thinks he’s cool, just doing his job, trying to advance, family man) in the typical role of a black person when dealing with the cops: in a position of having no control over the outcome of his dealing with a police officer.
Training Day is actually training the audience. The audience is unaware of it, but your average white person not interested in hearing what black people have to say about police brutality and corruption are thrown into the position of having to experience it through Hoyt’s character.
Think about it...
