​The Green Book Speaking club

• What would you rate this movie on a scale from 1 to 10?

• What scene stayed with you the longest? Why?

• Which character did you sympathize with most at the beginning? Did this change?

• If you had to describe the movie in one word, what would it be?

Perspectives

• What does your character want most?

• What do they fear?

• What do they misunderstand about the others?

• Are they more a product of choice or circumstances?

• Tony Lip

• Dr. Don Shirley

• Society / The system (hotels, police, audiences, traditions)

• Tony changes, but not because he understands racism better.

• Don is confident on stage, but powerless in real life.

• The friendship works because both men avoid certain truths.

• Don needs Tony more than Tony needs Don.

• The ending feels warm, but unresolved.

• Personal relationships feel safer than social change.

• The movie criticizes racism, but softens its impact.

• Tony learns empathy, but Don learns compromise.

• Don’s success isolates him more than discrimination does.

• Don is forced to adapt more than Tony is.

• Don’s anger is controlled, but never resolved.

• Tony’s growth depends on Don’s patience.

Pick a charachter and answer the questions from other people as if you are this person

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