Talk to me - Chimezie Ononenyi
The movie “Talk to me” very well shows the significance of having a major means of getting message across the society, especially during the 1960s. Undoubtedly, the media played and continues to play to this day, as a major influence in the modern society.
Being that during the 60s, the radio was trusted to be a legitimate source of information streaming, there was not a better time for Dewey and Petey to take advantage of this potential means of making a positive difference in their community.
The people in positions may have regarded Petey and Dewey as just African-Americans working hard to achieve new career heights in the history of African Americans in the media, but that is really not what Dewey and Petey intended. They figured they had some talents that they could utilize to making a better society and were willing to take the shot.
Even though Petey was portrayed as a racist at times, there is no reason to doubt that he had a very sharp view of their segregated society. Also supporting the fact that his theme was “tell it like it is”, it is evident that he did not hesitate to take risks to express himself.
It does seem like Dewey had to conform or in other words play like the “white man” in other to get what he wanted. No one really knows what his real intentions were, but it is overall agreeable to say that he had to do what he had to do in other to do what he wanted to do. In this case he had to go by the white man’s game rules in other to learn how to manipulate and make the rules work for modeling a non-segregated society.
Dewey may not have had the audacity to say many things that Petey would have easily said, but overall, they used their talents together to make a strong impact on their society