Wednesday, October 19, 2011

O (2000)

This film sets the story of Othello in a east coast private school where "O" is the only African-American student. He is a star basketball player with a white girlfriend, he then prompts the jealousy of fellow team mate Hugo, who is the son of the head basketball coach. Hugo is bested on court by Odin, and his father says he thinks of Odin as another son. Hugo's jealousy and feelings of neglect lead him to construct a plot to make Odin doubt Desi's love for him. 


"O" relates to the main themes in Othello of love, race, jealousy, betrayal, and evil. Hugo and Iago both create ploys to make O and Othello doubt their other half, Desi and Desdemona.



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