This should be a political movie

Armando 2022-01-07 15:52:51

We need to look at it in the context of the 1960s. After all, in the United States at the time, the marriage of blacks and whites was still illegal in more than a dozen states and would be prosecuted. "Civil rights is one thing, marriage is another." From the point of view of watching movies, this movie is relatively ordinary, and generally speaking, it is not very good-looking. The film is filled with a lot of dialogue to express opinions, and as viewers, you can also encounter changes in attitudes of various characters. The good thing is that the performances of Spencer Qusay and Catherine Hepburn are very sincere and comfortable. The disadvantage is that although parents have repeatedly emphasized that it is very important that two children love each other deeply, the audience can only imagine the fiery love of their children from the point that they crossed the racial barrier.

Joanna grew up in an environment that opposed racial estrangement, and in her heart there was no such racial prejudice as the so-called defense of Hua Yi. And John gradually faded this prejudice during his personal growth, so he mentioned in the dialogue with his father, "You see yourself as a person of color, and I only see myself as a person." ". Because there is no such prejudice in their hearts, they can fall in love and talk about marriage in twenty days.

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  • Ruth 2022-03-27 09:01:13

    I didn't think it was interesting, but it was basically compact. I started to feel that firing racially discriminatory employees was a bit of a joke, and it was a bit over the top. But if you think about it carefully, you might do the same if you put yourself in the shoes, the phrase "different kind of person" Really point to the question, the subsequent development is also very comprehensive and profound, but I still feel that the fire is not enough, and some places are not perfect.

  • Newell 2022-03-25 09:01:14

    Spencer's posthumous work + the background of Martin Luther King's era + the future significance of black and white marriage, so you can enter AFI100, the final speech is really touching, making this meal not ordinary at all - the theme song is a famous song in the 1930s. This 1940s backstage and behind-the-scenes couple reunited 20 years later and sent a dirge. They felt like they were the real melody. Compared with their Glory Love, the theme of the film was suddenly dimmed.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner quotes

  • Christina Drayton: Joey! I want to ask you something. How deeply are you and John in - in - uh - no, no, I have no right...

    Joanna Drayton: How deeply involved? Do you mean have we been to bed together? I don't mind you asking me that. We haven't. He wouldn't. I don't think he could've been in much doubt about *my* feelings, but he just wouldn't.

  • Tillie: [Joanna/Joey, has just informed Tillie that John's parents are coming to dinner and to order two more steaks] It's getting to be a Holy Roller meeting every minute.