On the Waterfront as a description of a society, specifically of American society in the middle of the last century. The film is about workers, labor unions, and those who negotiate with or control them. Does the film convey a coherent social or political message, something broader than just an analogy to justify Kazan’s and Schulberg’s testimony? Does it effectively link social and economic issues about money and power to moral ones about right and wrong? What kind of values does the film seem to endorse? Is it really an attack on “collectivism” and an ode to “moral individualism” as some critics have claimed or is it more complicated than that? You might consider applying some of the methods of social analysis you studied in Social Science last year to the film.
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