Topic > The Black Saint - 576

The film "The Blind Side" features Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy, alongside Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher, Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy, and Kathy Bates as Miss Sue. “As depicted in The Blind Side, the story of a homeless black teenager taken in by a wealthy white family and who later becomes an NFL star, Michael Oher is kind, hard-working, selfless and soft-spoken. Although he grew up in the suburban neighborhoods of Memphis, he doesn't use slang and doesn't like the taste of malt liquor. Instead of Ecko and Sean John, he wears Charlie Brown-style polo shirts. His table manners are impeccable. He shows virtually no sexual desire. He is never angry and avoids violence except when necessary to protect the white family who adopted him or the white quarterback he was taught to think of as his brother” (Russell). Quinton Aaron's portrayal of Michael Oher is not without controversy as it resembles a 1950s black stereotype (archetype). Creating a different image for African Americans would mean changing how others perceived them. To do this, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Swedish sociol...