How is this anxiety referenced in the film through the metaphor of the monster?

Essay #3 Additional info:

Questions to consider in your essay include: How is this anxiety referenced in the film through the metaphor of the monster? What aspects of the film’s production and conception imply this? How does your film add to that conversation if it is dealing with similar themes as other movies in the genre? What was the public’s reaction to the film? What have other writers or critics written on the film that either is in line with your analysis or refutes it? Was the connection to societal anxiety implied from the conception of the film or has the meaning been attached to the film by the viewers and critics over the years?

 

 

 

Sources Provided:

#1 DaCosta, Nia. Candyman. Universal Pictures, 2021.

#2 Wallace, Carvell. “Don’t Go in the Basement.” Atlantic, vol. 328, no. 3, Oct. 2021, pp. 100–11. EBSCOhost, https://proxylib.msjc.edu:2237/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=152304903&site=eds-live.

# Yoon, Eunkyung, et al. “Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health among Older African Americans: The Role of Psychological Well-Being.” Aging & Mental Health, vol. 23, no. 4, Apr. 2019, pp. 461–69. EBSCOhost, https://proxylib.msjc.edu:2098/10.1080/13607863.2017.1423034.

#4 Berger, Maximus, and Zoltán Sarnyai. “‘More than Skin Deep’: Stress Neurobiology and Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination.” Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress, vol. 18, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 1–10. EBSCOhost, https://proxylib.msjc.edu:2098/10.3109/10253890.2014.989204.

#5 Provide one more source of your own.