Intertextuality + Hybridity

• Intertextuality of war - Winston Churchill, poem references to the war
• Intertextuality of a western - Riding a horse (opening scene), walking into a pub (everyone being scared)
• Intertextuality of 'now-a-days' - police brutality (BLM movement), Police corruption
• Intertextuality of films - Godfather (Italian family gang), Grizelda (female dominated lead)
• Hybridity of gangster conventions - importance of family loyalty, devoted to protecting + securing their family
• Hybridity of the antagonist - investigating the 'hero' and his family - breaks the stereotype of a the police being the 'good guys' in a crime drama
• Hybridity of Aunt Polly - powerful female character, holds power within the family
• Hybridity of a historical drama - set after WW1, clothing/costumes, background