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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States, and this year, it comes at a time when those communities are seeing historic strides in popular culture even as violence and racism persist.
This comes even as the entertainment industry is offering greater exposure to Asian and Asian American filmmakers, actors and stories. At this year s Academy Awards, Youn Yuh-jung, the scene-stealing co-star of the Oklahoma-made movie Minari, made history as the first Korean performer to earn an Oscar, as did Chinese filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who became the first woman of color to win best director for her drama Nomadland.
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Based on Julie Murphy s young adult bestseller, Anne Fletcher s coming-of-age comedy puts a spotlight on the complexity of a mother-daughter relationship as former beauty queen Rosie (Jennifer Aniston) and her plus-size teenage daughter, Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald), navigate years of unresolved conflict between them. Case in point: It doesn t help that Rosie keeps calling Willowdean Dumplin, because she thinks her daughter looks like a round little dumplin .
Finally, our title heroine figures out a way for her mom to hear her out. Why not enter the small town s annual Miss Teen Bluebonnet Pageant, which Rosie manages? This way, she can put forward her heels in protest. And so begins the unraveling of long-simmering resentments and tensions between the mom and her daughter. Will they ever reconcile their differences?
The 7 best movie moms are loving, sometimes flawed characters
By Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, (TNS)
What’s the best kind of movie mom?
Good or evil, I like one we sense exists outside the margins of the movie. That’s true of any character. They’re most interesting when they’re so complicated that the movie can’t capture all of their dimensions, and we get only tantalizing glimpses. I’m thinking of Margaret Marmee March in “Little Women,” who raises extraordinary daughters without much help from their father but who’s also an activist with unrealized dreams.
“I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo, but I have learned not to show it, and I still hope to learn not to feel it,” says Marmee in Louisa May Alcott’s book and Greta Gerwig’s movie. It’s fascinating to wonder what makes Marmee angry.
What s the best kind of movie mum?
Good or evil, I like one we sense exists outside the margins of the movie. That s true of any character.
They re most interesting when they re so complicated that the movie can t capture all of their dimensions, and we get only tantalising glimpses.
I m thinking of Margaret Marmee March in
Little Women, who raises extraordinary daughters without much help from their father but who s also an activist with unrealised dreams. I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo, but I have learned not to show it, and I still hope to learn not to feel it, says Marmee in Louisa May Alcott s book and Greta Gerwig s movie.
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What s the best kind of movie mom?
Good or evil, I like one we sense exists outside the margins of the movie. That s true of any character. They re most interesting when they re so complicated that the movie can t capture all of their dimensions, and we get only tantalizing glimpses. I m thinking of Margaret Marmee March in Little Women, who raises extraordinary daughters without much help from their father but who s also an activist with unrealized dreams.