History Film / GreenBook

* TheSixties: The film is set in 1962. A few reminders of this are dropped throughout the story, such as the Sedan DeVille Tony drives Don around in being a brand new 1962 model and a cinema marquee advertising ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' during one scene.

* CoolCar: Tony is provided with a brand new and very beautiful Cadillac Sedan DeVille to drive Doctor Shirley around on his concert tour.

* TheSixties: It's set in 1962.

* ArtisticLicense: Kentucky Fried Chicken did not sell Extra Crispy buckets in 1962.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Don Shirley is depicted as being culturally distant from both his family and also other black people generally, though his living family insists that he was good friends with them and other prominent black musicians.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The film generally presents an image of how the Deep South actually was in the 1960s, [[{{Bowdlerise}} with some edges filed off]]. Tony and his family's attitude towards African-Americans are also right in line with the times. Interestingly, the film also briefly alludes to the fact that, while Italian-Americans were certainly better off than African-Americans, they were still considered AcceptableEthnicTargets at the time (primarily because they were Catholics).

* BaitTheDog: Several of Don's clients initially treat him fairly well, before revealing their prejudice, such as the hotel manager who won't let him eat at a white table, and the family that make him drive several miles to use a bathroom rather than give him access to theirs.

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: For both Tony and Don, who are both jerks in some ways in the beginning and who end up discovering the value of friendship.

''Green Book'' is a 2018 {{historical|fiction}} {{dramedy}} {{biopic}} directed by Peter Farrelly and inspired by the time Creator/TonyLip served as driver and bodyguard to Music/DonShirley.

* OscarBait: Ticks all the boxes. It's a historical fiction film about a marginalized person overcoming categorization and his friendship with a white man.

* SmarterThanYouLook: Tony is every bit the coarse, uncultured, working-class boor that he appears to be... and also shows himself to be uncannily talented in talking and manipulating his way out of dangerous situations and generally getting people to do what he wants. As he describes it, he's a good "bullshit artist."

* AngryBlackMan: Subverted by Don. He has a bit of a temper at times, but it's not manifested with expressive anger, more {{tranquil fury}}.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The film generally presents an image of how the Deep South actually was in the 1960s, [[{{Bowdlerise}} with some edges filed off]]. Tony and his family's attitude towards African-Americans are also right in line with the times. Interestingly, the film also briefly alludes to the fact that, while Italian-Americans were certainly better off than African-Americans, they still weren't wholly accepted by [=WASP=] America at the time (primarily due to anti-immigration/Catholic sentiment).

''Green Book'' is a 2018 {{historical|fiction}} {{dramedy}} {{biopic}} directed by Peter Farrelly.

''Green Book'' is a 2018 {{historical|fiction}} {{dramedy}} directed by Peter Farrelly.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In the beginning, Tony helps Don only because he will receive a large amount of money and he needs it to support his family. Over the course of the film, Tony will become friend with Don, and money becomes less important for him: he rejects an offer for another job with a higher pay (he even rejects Don's offer for a pay rise); in the end, he rejects a bribe offered to him to convince Don to play in a restaurant even if he is not allowed to eat.

** [[spoiler:When offered a bribe to convince Don to conform to the fact he's not allowed to dine at the restaurant his music trio is about to play in, he refuses.]]

* BaitTheDog: Several of Don's clients initially treat him fairly well, before revealing their prejudice, such as the hotel manager who won't let him eat at a white table, and the family that make him drive several miles to use a bathroom rather than give him access to there's.

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Don was married once and seems to regret that his marriage fell apart but he is not completely heterosexual, leading to a scene where he was nearly arrested due to having a public rendezvous with another man at a pool.]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Don Shirley is depicted as being culturally distant from both his family along with other black people generally, though his living family insists that he was good friends with them and other prominent black musicians.

* TheSixties: Set in this decade.

* AngryBlackMan: Subverted by Don. He has a bit of a temper at times, but it's not manifested with anger.

* BigEater: Tony, hardly a scene goes by where he isn't stuffing his face, including while driving and Don remarks upon it. Near the beginning he gets into a hot-dog eating contest with a noticeably portlier gentleman... and ''wins.'' This culminates in him eating an entire pizza by folding it in half.

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Don was married once and seems to regret his marriage fell apart but he is not completely heterosexual, leading to a scene where he was nearly arrested due to having a public rendezvous with another man at a pool.]]

** In the beginning of the road trip, Tony explains that a friend of his nicknames Pittsburgh "Tittsburgh", because the women there are supposed to have bigger breasts than elsewhere. In the end of the trip, Tony tells Don that something has been eating at him the whole trip: Tittsburgh was a major disappointment.
** Over the course of the film, Don helps Tony to write love letters to his wife, who is very happy to receive such romantic letters. In the end, when Don shows up at Tony's house, the wife immediately thanks Don for the letters, which shows that she had guessed her husband did not write them by himself.

* DefrostingIceQueen: A non romantic version. In the beginning, Don is haughty and distant. He is disdainful of Tony. Over the course of the film, he will develop a genuine friendship relationship with him.

* DirtyCop: Works in Don and Tony's favor, as their able to bribe a couple of cops who [[spoiler: catch Don having sex with another man, which was illegal at the time, into letting him go]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only time we see [[spoiler: Don]] behave in any way "stereotypically gay" is when he is deeply drunk. But a short time later, he is placed under arrest for unstated crimes in the presence of another naked man.

* GratuitousItalian: Tony's family speaks a lot of Italian around the house, invoking itself in one instance when they use it to mask their racism towards black plumbers in their house.

* HiddenDepths: Tony appears to be a casually racist, unscrupulous character but ultimately a loving family man. Don requests an interview because his name came up around town that he's a good bodyguard, and despite his racist behavior and somewhat sloppy driving he performs the job particularly well. The real kicker happens when [[spoiler: Don is caught with another man and Tony doesn't flinch at the reveal of his sexuality. This surprises Don, and Tony quickly explains that working New York nightclubs made him accustomed to the issue]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: A downplayed example. Don Shirley is depicted as being culturally distant from other black people, while his living family insists that he was good friends with them and other prominent black musicians.

* NobleBigot: Tony to a T. Even though he is undoubtedly racist at the beginning of the tour, he willingly puts himself in harms way to defend Don Shirley from physical violence and shows far more disgust towards Southern bigots. His family members initially hold bets he wouldn't last a couple weeks working for a black man, but despite an uncouth attitude and inappropriate comments he is very good at his job and becomes friends with Don.

* OddCouple: Don, a refined black pianist, and Tony, a boorish Italian American bouncer, become friends.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Tony isn't the most enlightened white man when we meet him. He dismisses and stereotypes other racial groups, throws out his ''own'' glasses in apparent disgust after they are used by black men, and regularly disrespects Don to his face in a manner he does not to his other employers. Unlike other examples of this trope, him learning to be more respectful and accepting actually comprises his character arc, and his attitudes are notably different when he returns home.
** Tony actually subverts this expectation when Don [[spoiler: is caught cavorting with another man. Tony handles the situation gracefully and tells him that he's "been working in New York City clubs for years", implying that he's much more accepting of homosexuality than might be expected from a straight man from his time.]]

* SeenItAll: Tony doesn't bat an eye when Don is arrested for [[spoiler:homosexuality]], explaining that he's worked in nightclubs a long time.

* StoutStrength: Tony is far from a typical body sculpted muscleman with a protruding gut whenever we see him with a tank top on, but there is no doubt he is physically powerful. He typically works as a bouncer and bodyguard.
* StylisticSuck: Tony's letters to his wife before Don coaches him. He's obviously trying to be heartfelt, but they are filled with platitudes and his handle on things like spelling and proper language is unsure, to say the least. Afterwards he gets better at articulating himself afterwards, such that Tony starts writing his own letters near the end of their tour again.

* TokenGoodTeammate: the youngest of the three cops in Mississippi, who doesn't display the racism of his two colleagues, is fairly professional during the traffic stop and does point out that Don is entitled to a phone call [[spoiler: Which he uses to call Bobby Kennedy]]. while the other two cops seemed content to ignore this request.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Don appears to be one when [[spoiler: he's caught "skinny-dipping" with another man]].

* TheWhitestBlackGuy: Don, despite wanting to break barriers with his tour, finds himself disconnected from other black people and the hardships they face in the South. As a result, he remains distant from the other tenants of most the hotels he stays in and regularly puts himself into dangerous situations by assuming access to whites-only establishments. This led to Shirley's living family decrying the film as a "symphony of lies".
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Don receives much of this sentiment from his white audiences and bookers. He positively hates it, especially since they are quite happy to listen to him but will still treat him like any other Black person - i.e like dirt - when he's not playing.

* WhiteMansBurden: Don is successful black artist, but he has no family and no friends. Moreover, he wants to go on tour in the Deep South, where he will encounter many problems. Tony will help him to overcome the problems during his tour, but more importantly he will help him to develop human relationships (Tony becomes friends with Don; he also advises Don to write a letter to his estranged brother). In the beginning, Tony helps Don only because of the money he will get, but in the end he helps him selflessly, because he regards Don as a friend. {{Zigzagged}}, because Tony is OnlyInItForTheMoney in the beginning, and because Don also helps Tony to overcome his prejudices.

* ForeignQueasine: Well, foreign to New York. Tony is a BigEater who is always stuffing his face throughout the film, but late in the movie he is offered a high class pimento cheese sandwich and he could't stomach it.