Crash depicts several story-lines that all contain themes about racism and prejudice. Actually, the beginning of the film has the most ironic and unique story-line. In this scene, Brendan Frasier and Sandra Bullock are walking t0 their car one night while Peter Waters and Ludacris are discussing racial tension in the town. Ludacris cynically points out that everyone is scared of them because they are the only black people on the street. As he says this, they both pull out guns and rob Frasier and Bullock. The irony comes from the Ludacris's dialogue. He claims that all the white people on the street are racist because they look at them with fear. He claims that nobody should be scared of them because they are just like everyone else; however, he draws his firearm as soon as he finishes that statement. This comes off to audience as some form of comic relief as the true beginning of the film is very mysterious and confusing.
On another note, Ryan Phillippe internally criticizes Matt Dillon's actions at the beginning of the film. Phillippe quickly learns that everyone can make mistakes at the end of the film. At the end of the film, He quickly draws his gun and kills Waters because he thought Waters was going to draw a weapon. Instead he was only taking his lucky statue out of his pocket. This is just one example in the film. All the stories eventually create some life-altering situations during the climax. The following video cannot be embedded but it can be watched if clicked.
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