Prompt 1 The relationship between Mr. Dadier and Gregory Miller throughout Blackboard Jungle reflects the sociocultural events of the civil rights movement in relation to rock and roll. The beginning of the film opens with Bill Haley and the Comets' only rock song, "Rock Around the Clock", and Dadier first encounters a group of students dancing, harassing a woman and playing or, as described Shumway (125), "helping to define the cultural conception of dangerous youth and making rock & roll stand apart from that definition." The opening scene informs both Mr. Dadier and the viewer that rock and roll has already reached this racially integrated school, noting that Gregory Miller has not yet been 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 just a year before the passage of Brown vs. Board of Education, this who, according to Szatmary (21), "helped launch a civil rights movement that would foster awareness and acceptance of African-American culture, including African-American rock and roll." Since rock and roll was recognized as created by African Americans, it was easy for white Americans of the era to use African American culture as a scapegoat for the unruly teenage behavior presented in the scene. 'opening. In the first scene where Gregory Miller is introduced, there is tension between him and Mr. Dadi... middle of paper ... they choose to represent each other. Sikivu Hutchinson writes that 20 Feet From Stardom is an example of how "women of color background singers are still treated as disposable objects, eye candy and moving exotics, while they fight tooth and nail to to be recognized and have a place at the front of the stage.” None of the women on 20 Feet had outstanding solo careers because, in historical context, they would never be respected as solo artists unless they asserted themselves in a sexual way that would be on the same level as Elvis. It would be more difficult for an African American woman because she is already sexualized as a backup singer. There would then be a need for obvious sexualization, as Tina Turner shows. Although Tina Turner is an extraordinary performer, her success relies on this overt sexualization where the women of 20 Feet hoped to rely on their vocal talents..