I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas about the obvious symbolism in this movie- from the oddly decorated house, the giant salt and pepper shaker, the lawn globe, the hair, the word du jour on the motorcyle jacket, even the dramatic sandwich.
What kind of social commentary or symbolic representation do you see in this movie??
I have my own ideas but I'd like to see what other people think first...
In 1991, Vanilla Ice starred in "Cool as Ice," based on a short story about a lower class rebel. Ice shows up on a neon-yellow motorcycle, which is an allegorical representation of society's image of the rebel. The setting of the story is in modern day America: a place where harsh attitudes and cynicism make a rebel an essential character in society. Vanilla utilizes his attitude in the film to evoke emotions, especially feelings of sympathy and compassion, in hopes that the viewer will both identify and empathize with his character, Johnny. Vanilla Ice personifies the rebel as a maternal figure. Through a clear understanding of the feminine symbolism deeply embedded in the rebel, the viewer is able to comprehend a specific theme, addressed by Vanilla, concerning the relationship between change and love. The theme is that spontaneous change demonstrates that even the strongest bonds of love are hardly ever guaranteed and that a disruption in that can have disastrous results, including death. A deeper analysis of the text of the film reveal that the character of Johnny not only is a hero, but a martyr. Johnny's ever-popular catch phrase, "Drop that zero, and get with the hero" symbolizes Vanilla's true life experience with rejection in society. Before the viewer can understand the correlation between change and love, he/she has to recognize that Vanilla Ice's portrayal of the rebel unequivocally symbolizes Ice himself.
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