Prompt 1 The relationship between Mr. Dadier and Gregory Miller in Blackboard Jungle reflects the sociocultural events in the civil rights movement in relation to rock-and-roll. The beginning of the film opens with his only rock song, Bill Haley and the Comets, “Rock Around the Clock” and Dadier first encountering a group of students dancing, molesting a woman, and gambling or , as Shumway describes (125), "helping to define the cultural conception of dangerous youth and making rock & roll part of that definition." The opening scene informs both Mr. Dadier and the viewer that rock-and-roll roll has already reached this racially integrated school, pointing out that Gregory Miller has yet to be seen For viewers of this 1955 film there would be a deeper reaction to the sight of a racially integrated school dancing to “Rock Around the Clock.” because only a year earlier Brown vs. Board of Education had been passed, which according to Szatmary (21) “helped start a civil rights movement that fostered awareness and acceptance of African-American culture, including African-American rock-and-roll ”. Because rock and roll was recognized as being created by African Americans, it is easy for white Americans of the time to use African American culture as a scapegoat for the unruly teenage behavior presented in the opening scene. In the first scene where Gregory Miller is introduced there is tension between him and Mr Dadi...middle of the paper...they choose to represent themselves. S ikivu Hutchinson writes that 20 Foot From Stardom is an example of how “women backup singers of color are still treated as expendable objects, eye candy, and soulful exotics as they fight tooth and nail for recognition and a possibilities at center stage". None of the women in 20 Foot had exceptional solo careers because in historical context they would never have been respected as solo artists unless they established themselves in a sexual way that was on the same level as Elvis. This would be more difficult for an African American woman because she is already sexualized as a backing vocalist. There would therefore be a need for overt sexualisation as shown by Tina Turner. Although Tina Turner is an amazing artist, her success is based on that overt sexualization in which the women of 20 Feet hoped to rely on their vocal talent..