The new age kwaito music is a mix of house music with African sounds, deep bass and vocals that are rapped and shouted. This music was used in the movie Tsotsi picked by director Gavin Hood because the music originated in Johannesburg, South Africa where the film took place. The music can seem awkward and inappropriate at times, very upbeat and lifting music while Tsotsi and his friends are about to commit a crime. There are times where the music is softer, like when Tsotsi has the Mom in the village take care of baby David. It seems like the music tries to play light onto the crimes that are committed and Tsotsi's emotions. When do you think Tsotsi starts to feel guilty for his actions? When he knows he is going to be caught for his actions or earlier?
Your questions are fascinating. Personally, I think he has a gradual change of heart, resulting from his care-giving. He sees the baby as vulnerable (and perhaps his younger self). Mimi
ReplyDeleteGreat questions! I think he starts to feel guilty when he sees how much the woman with her own baby values her child and cares for it. He sees the love of a mother, and feels sympathy. Toward the end you really get the sense that he is guilty for all the things he has done.
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I also feel like Tsotsi's feelings of guilt built up gradually throughout the film. He eventually begins to understand that he cannot care for the baby properly. He scopes out a young mother in the slums and relies on her motherly tendencies to care for the baby he has stolen. As viewers we understand that Tsotsi wants more out of his life and he believes that this child is the answer to that. However, we can also see that a child needs its mother, which is something Tsotsi himself was deprived of and something this baby would also have taken away. I believe Tsotsi did not want this child to grow up the way he had to. Ultimately, I think all of those feelings and realizations resulted in Tsotsi's overwhelming guilt and the decision to return the child to its parents.
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