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A green book (kind of a short review) ‘A green book’ is an American movie, filmed in 2018, and awarded ‘Oscar’ as the best movie of the year. It tells a story about two men: a bouncer from New-York, Tony, who is a rough, rude and rather ignorant, and a refined, world-class black musician - Dr. Don Shirley. The action of the movie happens in 1960-s (presumably - I’m not good with the history of the States), meaning that black people are in the middle of the fighting for their rights. Dr. Shirley hires Tony as a bodyguard, and they go on a concert tour in southern states of the country, where African-Americans in that period are treated as inferior citizens (BTW, ‘a green book’ is a guide for black travelers in southern states). Initially, Tony agreed to perform this job only because of a decent salary, and he is rather hostile to the employer. Indeed, highly educated, affluent and slightly arrogant musician barely can evoke positive emotions from a low-educated guy that (probably) has been working hard to support his family. As well as that, it seems that Dr. Shirley looks down at Tony, so the beginning of the story doesn’t suggest these two men are able to become friends. However, as the story evolves and they go through various difficulties together, they start to sympathize with each other and fight together against racism and segregation.

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A green book (kind of a short review)

A Green Book is an American movie, filmed in 2018 and awarded the ‘Oscar’ for best movie of the year. It tells a story about two men: a bouncer from New-York, Tony, who is a rough, rude and rather ignorant, and a refined, world-class black musician - Dr. Don Shirley. The action of the movie happens in 1960's (presumably - I’m not good with the history of the States), meaning that black people are in the middle of the fighting for their rights. Dr. Shirley hires Tony as a bodyguard, and they go on a concert tour in around Southern USA states of the country, where African-Americans in that period are treated as inferior citizens (BTW, ‘a green book’ is a guide for black travelers in the South southern states). Initially, Tony agreed to perform this job only because of a decent salary, and he is rather hostile to the his employer. Indeed, the highly educated, affluent and slightly arrogant musician barely can evoke positive emotions from a low-educated guy that (probably) has been working hard to support his family. As well as that, it seems that Dr. Shirley looks down at Tony, so the beginning of the story doesn’t suggest these two men are will be able to become friends. However, as the story evolves and they go through various difficulties together, they start to sympathize with each other and fight together against racism and segregation.

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