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"The Other" And "Taxi Driver": A Comparison
"The Other" is a theme, motif or figure which seems to appear over
and over in the movie. It could be nature, women, other races, other
cultures, homosexuals, criminals, rulers, Gods, monsters, etc. In the film,
the protagonist becomes just like "The Other" in order to resolve the
problem. Usually, "The Other" is killed by the protagonist at the end of
the movie. "The Other" is always the victim in the movie, it is a
scapegoat: it is the focus of the resolution of the problems. In "Taxi
Driver", "The Other", according to me, is two elements: women an criminals
(gangsters) ....
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