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A 5 page paper which discusses Roman Polanski's 1974 film, Chinatown, and Sophocles' 429 B.C. (?) play, Oedipus the King. Specifically examined are the meaning of Chinatown, why the movie is called Chinatown, how it resembles evil, and the significance of Oedipus the King, and finally, comparing and contrasting the two works. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_Chinaoed.doc
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both Roman Polanskis 1974 film, Chinatown and Oedipus the King, a play written over 1,500 years earlier by Sophocles. Los Angeles Chinatown is used as both a geographical and
metaphorical setting for a complicated mystery of greed, corruption and incest in the 1930s. It is a community with a large concentration of Chinese immigrants which is depicted in
the film as a moral wasteland. It is a place governed by evil and corruption, where payoffs prevail instead of justice. Private investigator J.J. (Jake) Gittes is
a former Chinatown cop whose experiences there have left him cynical about law enforcement. He is a flawed individual, but his basic humanity causes him to recoil when he
sees injustice, which is ever-present in Chinatown. His cynicism is revealed in vulgar ethnic jokes about the Chinese, whose community seems to symbolize everything thats wrong in the world.
An exchange between Gittes and his former partner reveals the pseudo-system of law and order which exists in Chinatown. Gittes asks his one-time partner if he is still
"puttin Chinamen in jail for spittin in the laundry," to which the officer deadpans that the Chinese now use steam irons (Dirks chin.html). He then informs Gittes that he
no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punishment which must be endured as a police officer
works his way through the ranks. Once his penance is paid, he is then able to forever turn his back on Chinatown. Gittes contempt for Chinatown surfaces when his
client (and lover) Evelyn Mulwray inquires about his past as a Chinatown cop. He is reluctant to speak about those days, and describes it as a place where "you
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