What's Love Got To Do With It (1993) (about Tina Turner)
View the movie above Write a 750 word minimum essay contextualizing the movie within the matrix of concepts, personalities, and music examined in this course. In general, think of this essay as a critical analysis in which you need to explain the points you are asserting. In this way, the assignment is an argumentative essay.
Please address the following points:
- Give a brief (1 paragraph) biographical sketch of the principal character musician.
- Socially and musically, how is principal character/musician portrayed?
- How did the racial and/or class backgrounds of the principal character/musician affect their involvement in music?
- What historical phase of the development of American popular music does the principal character/musician belong to?
- How does their life and music reflect the issues we've examined in relation to that historical phase?
- When citing or paraphrasing sources, make sure to include a bibliographical citation (either in a footnote or in a parenthetical citation) and include a bibliography at the end of your essay.