Garfield Loves Lasagna

As an African-American young man, individually I connected with Beverley Daniel Tatum’s writing in “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria.” Beverley Tatum’s claim falls most in line with my own individual claims. Beverley Tatum’s claim being more generalized would be worded that “one that has conformed to one group does not favor interacting with any other group, due to the fact that that action is so uncommon.” In order to connect Beverley Tatum’s claim to the movie I earlier analyzed Neighbors I must first identify the groups/cliques that are formed within the movie. The most identifiable group in Neighbors would of course be the Fraternity, Delta Psi Beta. This group would be identified by their general stereotypes, just as all groups have been stereotyped throughout history.  The breakdown of this group is most challenging due to the fact that you would most likely focus on the racial point of view of Fraternity being mostly Caucasians. But Neighbors did help hide that opinion by inserting characters like Jerrod Carmichael’s character Garf and every now and then inserting a non-Caucasian extra into scenes. Before diving deeper into the assignment I would like to shine a light back on the character Garf. He can be labeled as “the black guy” in the fraternity and if you disagree that would be your own opinion.  Garf is a character that is used for comic relief that could be due to the fact that he is black. Garf can be compared to Will Smith in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The character is used to lighten the mood. Which could show that the African-American role in Neighbors cannot be a serious one. My personal opinion of such could be trump but that fact that Neighbors is a comedy so why not have a comedic role.

The Fraternity group is one that is rowdy and obnoxious but what more can you expect from a group of adolescent males. The second group has to contain the main character played but Seth Rogen, who would most likely be joined by his wife. The two groups spend a lot of time throw hate in each other’s direction throughout that movie. Each group preformed acts that would hurt or cripple the other group simply because they didn’t get along. The last two sentences could be inserted into a paper about any two opposing groups because that plot is so universal. Two groups that hate each other try to gain an upper hand on the other. I watched this simple plot unfold as a child while watching Saturday morning cartoons. One scene in which Tatum’s claims are challenged is when the Radners go inside the Delta Pi Beta house and begin to cohabitate with one another at a party. Both groups drink and have a grand time with one another although the peaceful time doesn’t last for too long.