Theories.

Narrative Theory

This historical drama is inspired by true events, so it showed significant times of the protagonists life so it showed when he was eleven when him and his mother and farther worked at a cotton farm, in one day his mother was raped by a white man and his farther was killed by that same man, it showed the struggles he faced after his mother became paranoid and crazy, which really shaped the kind of man he is, bit by bit it was showing how his struggles made him into a caring wise and polite individual which later opened a door for him to work in the white house as the presidents butler. so the narrative is organised chronologically which made it easier for the viewers to follow. Todorov narrative theory can be applied here, the equilibrium is when he was on the cotton field with his parents, then the disequilibrium was when his farther died mother went crazy causing the main character to run away, the new equilibrium was when he got the job in the white house.

 Due to the differences in skin colour the white people in the united states of America didn't think that the black people in America weren't the same as them therefore did not deserve the same level of respect. However after many years of fighting for equality you would think that society has changed meanwhile the representations of black people still remains, but more on the black youths being misrepresented as dangerous and drug abusers. this is mainly due to the media exaggerating the news about gang violence when a black individual is involved. 

Audience theory

Most of these audiences would be in the ABC1 demographic, and the psychographic would be aspires or reformers.these audiences may be seeking status or an image and all the people in this film are successful people so watching them would make them feel like they are achieving a statues. or they are seeking discovery to make them more relate able looking for experiences inside a film.