Guess who will eat dinner-the law has changed, and people's views have not changed.

Brionna 2022-01-07 15:52:51

The film started with a beautiful and intelligent white girl from the upper class and an excellent and outstanding black doctor from the working class for more than ten days. They fell in love with each other and decided to get married and start a family. In the middle of the experience, they almost have to be with each other. The father broke up and ended up with the two families and one of the best friends of the girl's parents, the priest, sitting at the dinner table together. The reason why they were able to sit together in the end was a perfect result, and the key was the attitude of the girl's father. When he first heard about his daughter’s decision, he was extremely shocked, but could not find a suitable reason to object, he could only say that he should be given time to consider; there are probably three things that prompted him to make a final statement: one is The doctor said that if he definitely disagrees with their marriage, he can only accept it; second, his wife categorically told him that she would stand firmly on their daughter’s side; third, the doctor’s mother said to him "how? Some men become like this when they grow old? "(It means that they don’t understand the feelings of young people.) These, which prompted him to finally say, "What will you face? Have to deal with all this. "Social reality is also true:" The law has changed, and people's attitudes have not changed." Where is the reason? This is a very complex and deep-rooted social problem in American society. The doctor said to his father, "You treat yourself as a black person, and I treat me as a person." If most of the black people can say that, this problem may be basically solved. Otherwise, a Chinese writer would not say that; he once said that he was most afraid of two things in his life, one of which was "daughter marrying an African-American." (The other fear is "fearing that his son is gay". This The author’s words are both humorous and profound.) The highlight of the film lies in the outstanding performance of the seven actors sitting on the dining table plus the eight role actors of the black maid. They can appropriately show each person's inner activities that are neither stunned nor irritated.

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  • Vincenza 2022-04-23 07:03:20

    It seems that the contradiction has been resolved with a few conversations. In fact, the real solution to the problem is the love and enlightenment of the two parents for their children. I believe that the initial objection of the white father was not at all because of discrimination against blacks, but because he was worried that his daughter would encounter too much trouble in the future. With the addition of "Father-in-law", Spencer Tracy can be called the most classic father-in-law image in film history.

  • Sven 2022-01-07 15:52:51

    I put a little bit in English class and watched the whole film in the afternoon. The racial issues brought out in the family are relaxed and interesting, and they also have a happy ending. Spencer's little old man shape later became one of the sources of inspiration for the characters in "The Flying House". In the second half of the conversation, the cross-cutting dialogue between the two families was a bright spot.

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.