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Subject: Re: a stupidity of a movie
Date: Apr 20, 2011
Real Women Have Curves, like any other film with Chicana/o characters (or any other work of art, for that matter), cannot be viewed as representative of a whole population. Indeed, there is diversity within the Chicana/o community, just as there is diversity in any community; the fact of the matter is that there are so few films with Chicana/o characters that we can't seem to get a wide array of perspectives on the Chicana/o experience, and thus, it should be noted that the film industry should be more open to projects like Real Women Have Curves.
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a stupidity of a movie
If I were to state how I as a Latina categorize this movie I would have to say that it was a falsication of a movie that created false assumptions of whoever watched the movie of a "Latin" family or style of living. What obviously made me mad was that this movie was written by a Mexican American person which makes this movie even powerful because it was created by a Latina and that sends off the message that this encompasses all Latinos and now made the audience see us as something that we are not. One factor that I found interesting was that in the movie yes, Ana was accepted to Columbia University but in the movie how many times did the audience see Ana actually studying. The message that it presents to the audience is that Latinos do not have motivation and therefore are lazy. This was one of the many examples that I can site from the movie which create negative assumptions of Latinos. Another important part in the movie which I found offensive was when supposively Ana's parents did not want her to leave off to college. If I am correct, I as a Latina coming from an immigrant family, college student, have never heard of any Latin parents who do not want their kids to pursue an education. i just have to state that this movie was an offense to the Latin culture.
Editor's note: This is exactly what I was trying to say about the movie. There's not one moment in the film to suggest that the character has any intelligence -- in fact, in class, she seems to be dumber than any of her classmates. Suddenly at the end, she gets something for nothing and that's supposed to make us feel good about her story. I think the filmmakers just did a terrible job.
Those who want to comment on weight, ethnicity or whatever, I'm all for that, but does the film actually work for you or are you talking about your personal feelings separate from the film?
To the anonymous poster of the above comment, thanks for a very perceptive opinion.
-- Joshua
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