In the Heat Reflection

 

The movie "In the Heat of the Night" is about a black Philadelphia homicide
detective falsely accused of murder who is forced to collaborate with a chief
and solve the mystery.

My First Thoughts

I thought the film "In the Heat" was an overall enjoyable movie to watch. I thought it was very suspenseful, fun, and exciting to watch. I never really got bored watching it and I usually do when I watch movies. I thought this movie related to our class because it showed American racism. It was interesting to see a murder mystery set in a segregated town during the time of racism. 

'Separate but Equal'

I thought the movie did a really good job on showing how segregation was never about equality. In the movie, when it shows Virgil Tibbs walking into the police station, you could just see on everyone's faces, the whole town was jealous and hated that he was somehow smart and more professional than all of them. It was so obvious seeing the hatred coming from the town around him. I could tell that the town really wasn't a calm utopia like everyone wanted.

 I feel like the movie made it obvious to the viewers that it was actually just a town with horrible racism that no one could escape. The movie made it clear that the term 'separate but equal' just makes no sense. In the town, it was obvious that the white people were treated like they held some sort of high power, while everyone else was treated like nothing. I believe the movie did a really good job in showing how badly people were treated during this time and how our system just overall made life depressing for them.