From a female point of view, Andreine Sharley wrote a story similar to Laura Brown again, telling the audience how much help a desperate housewife like Laura Brown had to get, and how much effort it took to get what she wanted. want life. Andreine named the protagonist of "Waiter" as Jenna, a restaurant waitress who likes to make all kinds of pies, has a stingy, violent and greedy husband, and has a distant dream (opening her own restaurant), There was a marriage she couldn't get out of, and there was a child she didn't want at all. Jenna's situation seems to be more serious than that of Laura Brown, at least Laura's husband is quite honest, but Andreine did not focus on "how miserable Jenna is" like "The Moment". Instead, it shifted the tone to "How Jenna is empowering herself." Therefore, "Waitress" can also be regarded as a manifesto of "Women should be self-improvement" issued by Andreine.
But Andreine isn't quite as aggressive as the extreme feminists, she chooses to wrap the whole story in a fairytale-like way, like she uses a variety of colorful pies to represent Jenna's various moods , filling the gaps in Jenna's miserable life with all kinds of sweet jokes. So even in Waitress, Jenna would be beaten by her husband, terrified by her pregnancy, miserable by her unfulfilled dreams, and troubled by falling in love with a married man, Andreine tells The Jenna story is always full of humor, laughter and wisdom. It's just that this way of wrapping pain with a sweet appearance made the audience even more worried about Jenna's miserable life after laughing.
Andreine is much more optimistic than Stephen Dedley (director of "The Moment"), and the idea of "women should be self-improvement" is very firm in "The Waitress", whether it is Jenna or her two friends, Dawn and Betty, who are also restaurant waitresses, have their own lives full of obstacles, but the three of them support each other and finally get the life they want, which doesn't seem to have much to do with men. Although Jenna has an excellent affair partner, the obstetrician and gynecologist Palmet, although Jenna and Palmet really love each other, Andrea is always reluctant to arrange Palmet as the prince who saves Jenna. Interesting It was Palmett who offered to ask Jenna to live a new life every time, but Jenna rejected such an alluring idea every time. This should be due to Andrine's adherence to the moral standard of "women can't rob other people's husbands", and at the same time, the view that "a woman can only rely on herself" is at play. The timid and quiet Dawn finally found the crying, poetry-loving, stupid husband, and he was not a man in the usual concept, and Betty's husband, although he did not appear, knew from his words that he was paralyzed at home. The old man, that is, makes all the women in the whole play have no men to rely on. In Andreine's eyes, sisterhood seems to be more reliable and more effective than love.
When Jenna and her sisters have suffered enough, Andreine gives them the biggest pie of their lives, and they start a new life. The birth of the child gave Jenna courage, and the legacy given by old man Qiao allowed the three Jenna sisters to realize their wishes and live their own lives. Jenna lived happily ever after with her daughter (not the prince) and two good sisters, and the fairy tale-like setting made this grey-toned story so colorful.
Andreine wrote this story during her pregnancy. She originally intended to use the story to alleviate her fear of pregnancy and stepping into the unknown realm of life. In the end, Andreine herself turned from pessimism about the prospect of life. Optimism, which inevitably has some elements of self-hypnosis, in the end, the characters in her stories have to rely on the power of fairy tales to achieve happiness. However, it's not hard to see her vision of her own life prospects with this setup.
It's a pity that after Andreine finished filming the film, she didn't have time to know the news that "The Waitress" would be invited to compete by the Sundance Film Festival, which was enough to make her excited. The independent filmmaker passed away. Andrea's death was very abrupt. She was strangled to death by a man who smuggled into the United States with a shower hose when she arrived home in New York. This happened on November 1, 2006, while the "Waiter" set foot on Sundance in January 2007. The film festival was well received. Andreine was unable to see it with her own eyes. The female director, who has lived for 41 years, directed the third play in her life, which was enough to be a turning point in Andreine's career. The movie also became her legacy.
To end her film career in this way, it can only be said that Andreine is doomed. "Waitress" has been regarded as "Little Miss Sunshine" in 2007 since its appearance at the Sundance Film Festival, and it is regarded as a strong dark horse in the small-budget independent film. Now, "The Waitress" also has a place in Time Magazine's 2007 Top 10 Best Films list, which may have caused people's attention to the film due to the abnormal death of Andreline, because the excellent low-budget film in 2007 is far from the best. More than in 2006, "The Waitress" has achieved many honors now, and Andrea is no longer blessed with these honors. Actress Kelly Russell, who played Jenna, stood out through this film, which also Of course, this actress, who originally only played a supporting role in TV and movies, did show her superb acting skills in "Waitress", and Kelly Russell's unfinished beautiful film career was sent by Kelly Russell. Let's do it as an actor.
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