Judith Butler + Kidulthood & Bullet Boy

There's a strong sense that the characters 'perform' an identity in order to belong (incorporate Judith Butlers theory of identity as a performance) to a social group. Think aboutTrife and his unlces gang, Jay wanting to be a black urban youth, Alyssa performing and torn between two identities - being a mother and being part of the gang (drugs, drink and prostitution). Also, you could being to discuss Ricky in Bullet Boy and his little brother (the need and want to get away from it but the entrapment and circle ofdeprivation that they are in).