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"The Big Easy" is a 1989 film about police corruption in New Orleans, a city that is known for its high crime rate as well as its high percentage of black residents. This paper looks at how the black race is presented throughout the film as being involved in both petty and serious crimes and how this is a recurring motif throughout the film.

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"The first representation of blacks as criminals occurs early in the film, when the prosecuting attorney is mugged as she walks down the street in the French Quarter, known as a hotbed of petty street crime. It is doubtful whether a savvy prosecutor would walk be herself in this district at night, and the scene is included as a means of establishing the background of the story. However, it would seem that white muggers (or Asian, Hispanic or Middle Eastern) could have been used to the same affect. While it is true that New Orleans has a large black population, it also has a large immigrant segment originating from many cities and areas of the world, as most urban areas in the United States do."

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