American women keep talking, saying that men can do everything they can do, saying how important self-realization is, saying that both parties should share housework equally, saying that they appear fat on the beach, and complaining all day long, complaining about their figure , Complaining about how ultraviolet rays hurt her skin, complaining that her mother is the origin of all her problems, and then scolded, no matter how fucking a man is, she doesn’t bring a mobile phone, so that she can call 911, so hell escape this hell. The desert island, leave the place where there is no fucking ghost shadow, so I can go to sho fucking pping. At this time, two American men are thinking how to commit suicide.
Debora, the hostess in Spanglish, often thinks of the American woman in this joke. In fact, the male host John (Adam Sandler) in Spanglish almost wanted to commit suicide, if not the Mexican maid. It’s a pity that this movie didn’t say what would happen if two Mexican men and a Mexican woman were together, but it showed us a Mexican mother and daughter, together with a typical American family (parents, two children and one or two grandparents). What will be the situation.
The name of this film first reminded of language. There are 70 or 80 kinds of English in the world. The English spoken by Singaporeans is called Singlish, and Chinglish in China is even more famous. The Spanish-speaking English spoken by the Mexicans is called Spanglish. James Brooks turned it into a comedy, but like Lost in Translation, it speaks less language and more relations. It is basically a Commedy of Manners. The Mexican maid (Latin beauty) in the film took her daughter to the United States and went to work in a wealthy American home. At the beginning of the film, the maid, Flor, couldn't speak a word of English, but his daughter Christina became mingled with American kids. The relationship between the host’s husband and wife, and between the mother and daughter of three generations, is very delicate. For example, Debora always complains that her husband John and her way of educating children are different. John is an excellent chef, but he has a personal relationship crisis at the peak of his career. The grandmother of this family was a very popular entertainer in the past. When she was young, she drank and promiscuously, but when the relationship between her daughter and son-in-law was in crisis, she brought out her life experience in time and saved this crumbling marriage. And her daughter Debora, as the joke said, felt that her mother's problem was caused by her.
With the arrival of the beautiful maid, the family's relationship has changed a lot. Flor's daughter has good grades and is sensible, but unfortunately she was quickly liked by the hostess, took her to play, and helped her get a scholarship from a private school, so that the immigrant girl can receive a good education. The hostess also asked the little girl to play with her child and sleepover together. Wouldn't it be good? , But Flor was so angry that he even quit his job for this.
But then thinking of my children, I can understand Flor's thoughts. If my child gets along with rich classmates after school, and their parents treat her well enough to make them hate their parents, would I like it? I don't think I like it, and I will be sad. It is really important for children to establish a good view of right and wrong and wealth from an early age. The biggest nightmare of parents is that when a child grows up, he becomes a person without right and wrong. If children only love money, they can despise their parents who have no money. If children only pursue knowledge (a problem for many Chinese immigrant families), they may despise parents whose education is not as good as their own. If the child pursues the same goals as the Americans, he may alienate his parents when he grows up. Therefore, calling children to be human is more important than calling children to succeed. Success or failure means one-third of manpower and seven-point opportunity. Being a good or bad person is seven points of education and three points of opportunity.
Although this movie is called Spanglish, the language conflict is only a small part. Here is more cultural conflict. The two generations of purchasing agents and the relationship between men and women, mother-daughter relationship, master-servant relationship, full of jokes, but not what you usually see Kind of noisy joke. My favorite in this film is the hilarious hostess Debora. The actor plays a stylized American woman. Like many American women, the hostess is concerned about her weight, has a strong desire for control, and is concerned about self-realization, equality, and so on. However, the relationship described in the film is more subtle, which reminds people of the exquisiteness in Ang Lee's "Diet Men and Women". Women may like it more. I don't quite understand what the self-denial and nervousness of the beautiful hostess is, I think the ladies might understand it better.
Of course, it can't be too real. The film is too beautiful and glamorous, and it is fake. For example, such a beautiful Mexican beauty, which hostess dare to use it with such confidence? As a result, of course, the host and the maid had a good impression, but both sides finally realized their responsibilities, and the men and women as celebrity chefs cooked a meal for the maid, and there was no sex scene. Damn, I don't know how many movies of this kind of reboot before I see it!
But outside of comedy, this film is still very moving and inspiring. For example, Flor's Mexican daughter, with the help of her hostess, went to a private school where the wealthy Americans went to school, but Flor failed in every possible way. At this time, a dialogue between her and the host was very enlightening. She said that for her daughter to go to such a school, she had only two choices, either to become like her classmates, or to appear abrupt. The owner said that his daughter is the same, but if he wants to choose, he would rather his child be "obtrusive" and be a little strange (odd). Reminiscent of the many Chinese here, they are struggling to make their children the same as the surrounding American classmates, and I feel that it is really unnecessary. When some children grow up, they are also pressured by their peers and don't want to appear "normal". Therefore, American children play whatever they want, so as to alleviate the pressure of appearing different among their peers. In fact, what is so good about everyone? This difference is their advantage. When my children are sensible, I will show them this film, let them know, don't "converge" so easily. If your classmate thinks that you are odd, you will be odd. Other children may think odd is still odd.
In fact, it's the same for adults. Many adults take pride in "merging into the mainstream." I have always dismissed it. What mainstream? Originally oranges, why have to learn from others to make apples?
But having said that, parents are lonely and appreciate themselves, and children who grew up in foreign cultures may not understand it. To put it sensibly, they can't be blamed. They didn't bring the luggage (or baggage) of our culture to grow up. So what do adults do? I think that whatever I think is right, I should stick to it, and the child will understand it eventually. If we give up our principles for the sake of our children's temporary preferences, our children may not forgive our indiscretions when they grow up. Towards the end of the movie, the Mexican maid quit her job and took the child home. Before getting on the bus, she told her daughter that the private school was also not allowed. My daughter cried and said that you had ruined my life, which is not fair. In front of countless passers-by, the daughter cried and scolded her mother. Mother said nothing. But when she arrived at the station, her daughter's words made the mother furious. She wants to talk to her daughter, and her daughter says like an American child: I want to keep a personal distance. American children pay attention to personal privacy, and they have to maintain this personal space with their parents. At this time, the mother was angry and sad, and asked a girl that will never forget: Do you really need to be different from me?
What is gratifying is that the girl was finally influenced by her mother. The end of the film is very touching. In the application essay that the girl applied to Princeton University, she described how her mother affected herself. She said: "Regardless of your decision, your admission cannot explain who I am. It defines who I am, my mother." The original text is define me. In other words, as a person, What defines me is what kind of person I am, my mother. What kind of person will my child become in the future?
Don't fucking be too stressful for your child, I'll just talk about it casually.
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