Muddy and Walter

In the movie Cadillac Records we watched in class, one part that stuck in my mind was when the drunken Little Walter shot the guy who stole his name. I never finished the movie and do not know if he ever got punished for this but under the assumption that he did not, this part of the movie opened a lot of questions up. Did the police ever even find out about the murder? If they did, were they paid off by the record company to not do anything? If the police found out and did not get bribed, then did they just not care because of race? I would most likely be led to the last conclusion based on the setting of the movie and how Little Walter was beaten by the cops when he got a little cocky with them. Though racism is without a doubt still present today, I am just glad that mankind has made at least a little progress since this time.

Another part of the movie that I found amusing (also pertaining to race) is when Muddy was talking to the boss like the boss was a plantation owner. This sarcasm shown by Muddy was probably a way for black people to mock the white people, but the white people during the time most likely took it as the black people being "respectful" towards them and this irony amalgamated with the sarcasm provides a nice comic relief to compensate for the tone of the seriousness that is portrayed in the rest of the movie.