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Postcolonial theory explains the colonization of different areas by the Europeans, how the Europeans' influence changed the countenance of the areas they took over. It is broken down by various themes such as identity, class, race, otherness, or language. Most of the postcolonial themes depict the struggles the people went through when the Europeans imposed their will on those they conquered. This period showcased that history repeats itself because decades later the same thing happened to the Native Americans in North America. One thing that did come out of postcolonializtion was the birth of new cultures, because of all the combining of cultures with the European.

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The postcolonial lens that I identify with the most is otherness. At five, I move to San Antonio to live with my grandparent's. Living with them, I felt I did not belong because my cousins that lived with them, had been there, their whole life. I was an outsider in a new home and I did not have a choice. My parents were both in the military. Unfortunately my dad was enlisted and my mom was an officer. This made it hard for them to get assignments together. To make things easier and to keep me from bouncing from house to house, my parents bought my grandparents a house, covered all the bills and left me with them. I lost a relationship with my parents and felt my parents cared more about my cousins than me. Watching my parents do more for my cousins than me, made me believe they did not want me. Everything I wanted, I had to work for it and my cousins just had to ask my parents for it, and my parents got it for them. As an adult I established a relationship with my parents. After I established that relationship, it humbled me and made me realize that I was being selfish. My parents loved me and they were there for me but they wanted to help my cousins who were not as fortunate as me.

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Talladega Nights has postcolonial theory displayed throughout the movie. The main character Ricky Bobby displays identity. He is a young man that was born in the back seat of a car on the way to the hospital. Bobby grew up feeling out of place, without knowing his father. The theme class is used when Ricky finally meets his father as a ten year old at career day. Reese, Bobby's father, is trailer trash, turned Nascar driver. He believes that he is better than everyone else. Reese tells Bobby's class "If you are not first, you are last," (Apatow, 1993). Bobby also meets Cal Naughton at career day, they become best friends and forge a bond that carries them through adulthood. As the movie progresses Bobby and Cal grow up to be an unstoppable Nascar team. Jean Girard, a former Formula One driver becomes their new teammate, an openly gay teammate. Jean embodies the theme otherness. Being a new, openly gay Nascar driver, he is not excepted well by his teammates, especially Ricky. Nascars' superstar Ricky Bobby gets in an accident that causes his driving skills to decline. Here, suppression, another theme is shown. Bobby is suppressed differently than in other scenarios because instead of someone suppressing him, he suppresses himself. His wife leaves him for best friend Cal and completely changes his life. He becomes a pizza delivery man on a bicycle that lives with his mother. Bobby overcomes his suppression with the help of an unlikely person, his father. His father helps start over by not only regaining his title as a Nascar's superstar but also his new wife, Susan, his kids, and his old friend, Cal.

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The movie, Tombstone is a fictional, depiction of the famous lawman, Wyatt Earp's life. During the late 1800s, he plans to retire and start a new life. Wyatt, his wife and two brothers all move to Tombstone, Arizona. He has no plans of continuing to be a lawman but Wyatt is forced to help clean up Tombstone.  His brothers and his best friend, noted gunslinger, Doc Holiday stick around to help with the cleaning. This movie utilizes the postcolonial themes identity, otherness, class, and oppression. Identity can be used to describe, Wyatt Earp. He is different from his brothers, he does not want to get involved with saving the town. He is perfectly happy with making money off of the people that are being mistreated by the Cowboys, an outlaw gang. When the gang ambushes his brothers, leaving one handicap and killing the other Wyatt changes his stance on getting involved. This changes him into a vengeful man that wants to kill all of the members of the Cowboys, while his handicap brother is ready to leave Tombstone. Doc Holiday displays otherness. He is slowly dying of tuberculosis. Doc, with his illness, joins Wyatt in his pursuit to kill everyone associated with the outlaw gang. Doc is close to dying and he is still willing to help his only true friend. The Cowboys represent the theme class. They see themselves as being above the rest of the town and do not want to abide by any of their rules. The gang makes up their own rules until Wyatt and his crew seek revenge. Oppression is illustrated by the town's people. Life was simple, crime was down and businesses were doing well, until the Cowboys came. When the gang made a home in Tombstone they terrorized the locals. Thankfully Wyatt and his crew change that.

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Apatow, Judd (Producer) & McKay, Adam (Director).
(August 4, 2006) Talladega Nights (DVD).
United States: Relativity Media

Talladega Nights photo derived from: https://itunes.apple.com/fj/movie/talladega-nights-the-ballad-of-ricky-bobby/id274169419

Daniel, Sean (Producer) & Cosmatos, George (Director). (December 24, 1993) Tombstone (DVD).
United States: Hollywood Pictures

Tombstone photo derived from: https://cinapse.co/i-am-legend-tombstone-the-cinematic-perfection-of-wyatt-earp-and-doc-holliday-490267f15acc