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Waitresses, commonly known as "traviata women", is a new occupation of Chinese women in the 30s, the emergence of this profession is completely the product of the economic crisis, and the professional positioning of "waitresses" is to attract business with female charm, in fact, from the beginning this profession has been "color cleared" ... The development of women's professions in modern times has undergone a complex and tortuous process, but people from all walks of life have mixed praise and criticism of the professional identity of "waitresses".
However, the movie "The Waitress", released in 2007, is about the life of a waitress. The movie "Waitress" tells the audience by name that this is a legitimate profession and a feminist masterpiece.
"Waitress" is directed by female director Andrenny Charlie, the whole film from the perspective of women tells a waitress With an unfortunate marriage Jenna, after learning that she is pregnant, how to face her marriage and feelings, and how to deal with her own work, the film shows women's thinking about themselves in a witty and humorous way, in fact, it also implies the struggle and resistance of women in the patriarchal society.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the story around you</h1>
Jenna's story can happen to anyone around us, her life is poor, her husband is a more selfish person, very fragile, jealous, Jenna does not feel the happiness that should be in marriage, so leaving her husband and escaping from such a life dilemma has become her goal, so she began to save money, but at a critical moment there was a tie - children.
The small shop where Jenna works can make delicious "pie", and her specialty is the production party, which is vividly shown in the movie, if you don't understand the plot, you really think it's a food movie. Jenna will improvise the joys and sorrows she feels in her life, and various ingredients and spices will always produce delicious food in her hands.
She also attracted people who loved her, an obstetrician and gynecologist, because of the pie. They fall in love, and Jenna once thought that Palmet could save her life, but Palmet already has a family. In this way, Jenna cycled in hope and despair, but the birth of her daughter gave her new hope, and in the face of her lovely daughter, she also had the courage to separate from her husband, and rejected the doctor and started a new life.
Before the baby is born, most of the film's clips are permeated with a strong, crying and laughing realism taste, a bit of realism that is dirty, in fact, Jenna's cooking skills symbolize female self-confidence, they have great power but do not know it, just one by one looking for men who can be relied on, whether it is a husband, or a doctor, those men are just using Jenna's weakness over and over again, so at the end of the movie, there is no man, women can still live, and it is better, Live more freely!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > in progress</h1>
In 2014, British actress Emma Watson launched the "He for She" campaign, and her behavior also put on a "feminist" hat for her, but she repeatedly emphasized that "the so-called feminism is just to achieve the same rights for men and women, feminism criticizes the oppression and discrimination of women in traditional patriarchal societies, and establishes a new theoretical system of good and equal equality." ”
In fact, no matter in that country now, there are such initiators, combined with a lot of recent news, women's rights and interests have always been what we need to pay attention to. The role of Jenna in "The Waitress" completes the process of self-independence, once she was confused and helpless, but in the end, she lived a free life on her own.
To sum up, personal growth and self-actualization can only be accomplished by relying on their own strength.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > maternal awakening</h1>
Even though she has been suppressed for a thousand years, she still looks like a mother
Even if he is born weak, he is still a respectable half of the sky
Just because they have a soft and strong heart
"I'm pregnant, but I don't need to congratulate, I'm not happy, I respect his/her right to come into this world, but I don't want children." 」 This was Jenna's original idea, but when she gave birth and her mental willpower was the weakest, she heard her selfish husband say "You can't love her more than me", and Jenna immediately understood that she did not want children, but the children gave her courage and strength, which is also a plot that only female directors, standing in the female position, can shoot.
So honey, please be kind to yourself, if someone hurts you, even if he is in the name of love or other words, do not choose silence easily, you are kind, but such kindness should not be played with.
In the movie, the main line is that Jenna is pregnant, like most mothers, Jenna's change is from the transformation of motherhood, the birth of a new life, so that Jenna realizes the importance of "being herself", as early as the 19th century, the West has emerged a number of literary works such as "Jane Eyre", "Pride and Prejudice", "Little Women" and other literary works that advocate the improvement of women's status.
"Waitress" in addition to emphasizing the rebellion against male society. At the end of the film, Jenna opens her own pie shop, and two independent women focus on the business, while the new pie shop is named after Jenna's daughter, alluding to the next generation of women different from the current women, they are independent individuals from birth, have independent recognition, and no longer submit to male domination and oppression.
From an entrepreneurial point of view, the film also wants to borrow this detail to tell the audience that Jenna has become a warm mother with her own career, she is loyal to herself, and she has achieved true independence.
Finally, the film publishes a letter from Jenna to her child:
Dear baby, if I write to you, it will most likely be a letter of apology, I know that everyone has the right to demand a good mother, she wants a good baby like you, she is a good wife, a good citizen of society. However, I can't say with certainty that I am like this. I'm not sure this world is a suitable place for you to come... Many of the people I met were not worth seeing at all, and many of the things I encountered should not have happened at all. Baby, if I don't look like any other mother, rejoicing at your arrival, and don't think it's your fault, I just don't know what I can give you. What if I left your dad and couldn't make money? At that time, what should I do with you? You're growing bigger and bigger in my belly, and the only thing I want to do in my life is get out of here. How can I be such a mother? Baby, how I wish I could have some other feelings, such as being incredibly excited to see you, or believing that I can be a good mom. It's just a pity that there are so many unsatisfactory things in my life, and the world doesn't want to say so beautiful.
It's a letter to you, and now it looks like a letter to myself.
Love, Mama.
Love you, Mom
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the tragedy behind the movie</h1>
Speaking of director Andrenny Shelley, she is indeed a talented woman. As an actress, she has three positions in the film, including choreographer, director and acting, and she also starred in the film, that is, the maid with glasses. This is a woman who is not very well known in the film industry, has starred in several small-budget films, directed three films, and "The Waitress" is her third and final one.
Part of the point around the film is about the director, who was murdered at home before the film was released.
November 1, 2006 at 5:45 pm. Andrey Shelley's husband returns home to find his wife's body hanging from a bathroom pole, which at first was suspected of being a suicide, but an autopsy quickly proved it was a murder... As the investigation deepened, a 19-year-old illegal Immigrant from Latin America was arrested a few days later. It was finally determined that he was a construction worker, working in and downstairs room under Andrenny Shelly that afternoon, and after Andreene Shelly complained that the noise was too loud, the two quarreled, and he killed her, took the money out of her wallet and left.
Some of her real life is more like a movie than a movie, and she didn't see her movies come out with her own eyes, which is really regrettable.
Of course, I think the director himself also wants people to pay more attention to the film itself, rather than her death, fortunately, although this movie is ordinary, it is also different from the style of other films, it is a light comedy that makes people laugh and cry, in fact, the director also has a daughter - the little girl led by Kelly Russell at the end of the film is.
Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but think of a short poem in Feng Zhi's prose:
A passerby, for some reason,
Walk here and die.
All passers-by, passing through here,
Please make a prayer for him.
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