Los Angeles, the city Will Smith makes his temporary home. Also LA is the rival city of New York City which Jay Gatsby makes his temporary home. What makes these comparisons even greater than they originally were is that these cities are so similar in structure with having multiple social districts. We see the home …
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Fake It Till You Make It
Who is Hilary Banks? Hilary is the daughter of Uncle Phil and cousin/step-sister of Will Smith. She is also the host of her own daytime talk show with a title you would never guess, “Hilary”. She is very self-absorbed and ignorant, as well as, having no awareness for the people around her unless it directly …
Daddy’s Money
The next character in this series is Will Smith’s cousin and in the show is basically his step-brother, Carlton Banks. Carlton is an incredibly book smart young man who has always had a life of luxury and great promise thanks to how his father, Uncle Phil raised him and gave him the ability to have …
So ya like Jazz
Who in the world of Gatsby could be The Fresh Prince of Bel Air counter part to D.J. Jazzy Jeff or better known as simply Jazz? Well only one man truly harnesses the spontaneous and free spirited life of Jazz, Gatsby’s music man, Klipspringer. Hearing the words “spontaneous” and “free spirited” would make most think …
Love At First Sight
The next comparison of The Great Gatsby and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is the main character’s love interests. With Will Smith, we see the character’s love interest show up later in the show’s timeline, known as Lisa Wilkes. Lisa shows up in Season 5 where she becomes the first woman who can tame …
The Butler and the Bard
This comparison may come off as strange or unseen for those familiar with The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. How could Fitzgerald’s storyteller, Nick Carraway, be similar to that of the butler. Well, they have more in common than meets the eye. If you take away from the fact that Nick narrates Fitzgerald’s story, he …
Zeke and Dan
As stated in my last post, both Will Smith(right) and Jay Gatsby had strong father figures who helped them through their late teenage years into their lives as young adults. Will Smith’s father figure was Uncle Phil(left), is a big part of Will’s maturity and also helps him to realize the bigger parts of life …
The Fresh Prince of the New
The Fresh Prince, Will Smith, as in the character in the show, shares many similarities with Jay Gatsby. One similarity they have is their beginnings and how they went from one social class to a much higher one. Both Will and Gatsby were born into relatively low class families, but in their late teenage years …