Omar Romero
Mrs. Love Hilliard
Multicultural Literature and Film
30 September 2016
The Universal Culture It does not matter the color of skin,the language spoken,or the background,every family has problems.This actuality is made lucid through Gurinder Chadha’s scenes in the film What’s Cooking? In this film four diverse American families struggle with complications and conflicts that arise at the exposing and annual Thanksgiving dinner.Families experience difficult times accepting the decisions their family members choose in their lives, whether they directly reveal them or not.Chadha precisely incorporates the use of lies,secrets,and betrayal among families of different backgrounds to express the concept that no matter what heritage,every …show more content…
Elizabeth and the Avila family experience an uneasy thanksgiving dinner with the confrontation of the ex husband Javier and the new boyfriend Danny. “A regretful Javier angrily stands up at the sight of Danny and talks with Elizabeth about getting back together but Elizabeth simply can’t bare being with an unfaithful man that had little compassion of his family.”(Gurinder Chadha) Javier desperately tries to get his family back but is denied by Elizabeth’s unwillingness to forgive his betrayal.Elizabeth demonstrates her strong will to continue a rightful life.Another example of shady betrayal of a clinging man is the affair of Ronald Williams.Ronald pushes Michael to his edge with the revealing of the prank pulled on the governor causing Michael to erupt “Ask him why he’s always working.Ask him who Lisa is?” (Gurinder Chadha) Michael exposes Ronald to the entire thanksgiving table including his Grandmother.However, Audrey, Ronald’s wife is already aware yet she is still beside a backstabbing man.Grace yells at Ronald in despair “Shame on you,shame on you didn’t you learn from your daddy.” Regardless the lessons Ronald took from his father he still betrayed his wife.Regardless the culture anyone can be unfaithful and fall in the universal wrong of …show more content…
Jenny the teenage sister discovers the gun and exposes Gary to the family.Gary is labeled as another family letdown.However Gary’s secret make knees drop when Joey,his sweet innocent little brother risks killing himself with the unattended gun.Thankfully he only managed to blow out a window.In the Jewish family,Herb and Ruth Seelig struggle with concealing their daughter’s secret lesbian relationship.The Seelig’s daughter,Rachel simply can’t bare the secret any longer,she knows she must not be embarrassed of her soulmate Carla even if her parents are. Rachel dramatically confesses “I have something I want to tell you all….Rachel ...It’s just i haven’t figured out how…. Rachel… I’m pregnant, but your Lesbian!” Herb and Ruth tried to stop Rachel from exposing herself.However, she was only announcing a baby that was on the way from a sperm donation.Herb and Ruth were so surprised that they exposed her secret themselves.No matter what culture or race,whether it be Vietnamese or Jewish every family has secrets that will be always be exposed in the
Mrs. Love Hilliard
Multicultural Literature and Film
30 September 2016
The Universal Culture It does not matter the color of skin,the language spoken,or the background,every family has problems.This actuality is made lucid through Gurinder Chadha’s scenes in the film What’s Cooking? In this film four diverse American families struggle with complications and conflicts that arise at the exposing and annual Thanksgiving dinner.Families experience difficult times accepting the decisions their family members choose in their lives, whether they directly reveal them or not.Chadha precisely incorporates the use of lies,secrets,and betrayal among families of different backgrounds to express the concept that no matter what heritage,every …show more content…
Elizabeth and the Avila family experience an uneasy thanksgiving dinner with the confrontation of the ex husband Javier and the new boyfriend Danny. “A regretful Javier angrily stands up at the sight of Danny and talks with Elizabeth about getting back together but Elizabeth simply can’t bare being with an unfaithful man that had little compassion of his family.”(Gurinder Chadha) Javier desperately tries to get his family back but is denied by Elizabeth’s unwillingness to forgive his betrayal.Elizabeth demonstrates her strong will to continue a rightful life.Another example of shady betrayal of a clinging man is the affair of Ronald Williams.Ronald pushes Michael to his edge with the revealing of the prank pulled on the governor causing Michael to erupt “Ask him why he’s always working.Ask him who Lisa is?” (Gurinder Chadha) Michael exposes Ronald to the entire thanksgiving table including his Grandmother.However, Audrey, Ronald’s wife is already aware yet she is still beside a backstabbing man.Grace yells at Ronald in despair “Shame on you,shame on you didn’t you learn from your daddy.” Regardless the lessons Ronald took from his father he still betrayed his wife.Regardless the culture anyone can be unfaithful and fall in the universal wrong of …show more content…
Jenny the teenage sister discovers the gun and exposes Gary to the family.Gary is labeled as another family letdown.However Gary’s secret make knees drop when Joey,his sweet innocent little brother risks killing himself with the unattended gun.Thankfully he only managed to blow out a window.In the Jewish family,Herb and Ruth Seelig struggle with concealing their daughter’s secret lesbian relationship.The Seelig’s daughter,Rachel simply can’t bare the secret any longer,she knows she must not be embarrassed of her soulmate Carla even if her parents are. Rachel dramatically confesses “I have something I want to tell you all….Rachel ...It’s just i haven’t figured out how…. Rachel… I’m pregnant, but your Lesbian!” Herb and Ruth tried to stop Rachel from exposing herself.However, she was only announcing a baby that was on the way from a sperm donation.Herb and Ruth were so surprised that they exposed her secret themselves.No matter what culture or race,whether it be Vietnamese or Jewish every family has secrets that will be always be exposed in the