Fun Fact: Amy's speech about marriage wasn't included in the original script, but Meryl Streep suggested that it be written in to show a contemporary audience that when a woman got married, everything they had would automatically belong to their husbands.
It’s similar to Kramer vs Kramer, where Meryl wrote her own monologue on the witness stand, because she felt the screenwriter didn’t get inside her character’s head or bring us into her perspective about why she had to leave her child and husband behind.
Something I think that sticks with me about this scene is tied to just before Amy left with Aunt March. She's the youngest. There are 3 sisters all older than her who, traditionally, one would assume would be more responsible for the family than Amy. But in the end, the responsibility of marrying well to keep the rest of the family cared for falls to Amy. Meg marries for love (poor), Jo refuses to marry at all to persue her career, Beth is too sick to marry and as a result sort looked after and cared for by others. Because all three went a different way, it falls to Amy to make all the sacrifices her sisters can't/won't for the family. She knows she'll have to give up the chance of love (Meg), the chance to persue her passions (Jo), and to be able to be the one taken care of (Beth). I think, BECAUSE Amy was willing and about to do all of that for her family, she was rewareded in Laurie. Now she has that "rich" husband, but one who she loves, she has that support to persue her passions and is likely encouraged to do so by Laurie, and he's not the sort of husband to leave her alone to take care of everyone else but he'd take care of her, be a comfort to her. She won't have the struggles her sisters do, because she was the only one willing and ready to give up everything for THEM, when they wouldn't/couldn't for her. Just my fan theory :) (and yes, I know Beth's plight was NOT her choice and her fate was absolutely devastating, but it can still be argued that once she fell sick no one else put expectations of marriage or giving up things she loved or making her uncomfortable on her, they were just so grateful she was alive they could never put that pressure on her so it fell to Amy).
I love that this shows that Amy is a strong feminist just like Jo-- the difference is how they go about it. Jo will buck the system while Amy will work within it.
I loved the original Little woman...but the writting on this movie was amazing! The Cast of perfect! This speech so comtemporary and perfect about marriage. ❤love the movie and every part of it!
Wow, I didn't appreciate the movie when I watched it in the cinema. our localization has ruined it. when I hear the real voices of the actors, I see their chemistry and feelings.
The circumstances. Her family is poor. Her sisters either married poorer, dead, or on an alternative path. Amy was brought to Europe to try to marry out of her circumstances to provide a better life for them all. She has to be the best among them or they are doomed. It bleeds across into her work - forcing her to come to terms with her art’s value much earlier. She doesn’t have the freedom to spend time on art that won’t do anything for her. So she pivots and focuses on other skills that might help her in her future as a society wife.
@crunchybunnylady 'Rome took all the vanity out of me and Paris made me realize I will never be a genius' She gives up on her dream to merry a rich man and become 'an ornament to society' she does not plan to merry for love. You dont find that cynical?
Fun Fact: Amy's speech about marriage wasn't included in the original script, but Meryl Streep suggested that it be written in to show a contemporary audience that when a woman got married, everything they had would automatically belong to their husbands.
I did not know that
@Real Deal actress who played Aunt Marge
It’s similar to Kramer vs Kramer, where Meryl wrote her own monologue on the witness stand, because she felt the screenwriter didn’t get inside her character’s head or bring us into her perspective about why she had to leave her child and husband behind.
Gotta make it woke
@@SpartanConduct Does it make you proud to be the person with the most vapid take in this thread so far?
Something I think that sticks with me about this scene is tied to just before Amy left with Aunt March. She's the youngest. There are 3 sisters all older than her who, traditionally, one would assume would be more responsible for the family than Amy. But in the end, the responsibility of marrying well to keep the rest of the family cared for falls to Amy. Meg marries for love (poor), Jo refuses to marry at all to persue her career, Beth is too sick to marry and as a result sort looked after and cared for by others. Because all three went a different way, it falls to Amy to make all the sacrifices her sisters can't/won't for the family. She knows she'll have to give up the chance of love (Meg), the chance to persue her passions (Jo), and to be able to be the one taken care of (Beth). I think, BECAUSE Amy was willing and about to do all of that for her family, she was rewareded in Laurie. Now she has that "rich" husband, but one who she loves, she has that support to persue her passions and is likely encouraged to do so by Laurie, and he's not the sort of husband to leave her alone to take care of everyone else but he'd take care of her, be a comfort to her. She won't have the struggles her sisters do, because she was the only one willing and ready to give up everything for THEM, when they wouldn't/couldn't for her. Just my fan theory :) (and yes, I know Beth's plight was NOT her choice and her fate was absolutely devastating, but it can still be argued that once she fell sick no one else put expectations of marriage or giving up things she loved or making her uncomfortable on her, they were just so grateful she was alive they could never put that pressure on her so it fell to Amy).
I love that this shows that Amy is a strong feminist just like Jo-- the difference is how they go about it. Jo will buck the system while Amy will work within it.
I loved the original Little woman...but the writting on this movie was amazing! The Cast of perfect! This speech so comtemporary and perfect about marriage. ❤love the movie and every part of it!
I loved when Laurie said to Amy you look Beautiful ❤
I haven’t seen the movie before but this scene makes me feel a lot better about them as a couple from the book
The problem is not with marriage, it is the law of the times that misunderstood marriage.
I loved Amy’s outfit here
I am looking forward to seeing these two in Dune: Part 2.
Wow, she has the same ambitions as I do !! Like she said, I want to be great or nothing !! 💯💯
I have just realized that I am like Amy comparing to my sister. I want to be great or nothing.😢
truth to history
She’s wise for someone so young
Wow, I didn't appreciate the movie when I watched it in the cinema. our localization has ruined it. when I hear the real voices of the actors, I see their chemistry and feelings.
Immediately gets married
How did she become cynical so young?
She was raised that way
The circumstances. Her family is poor. Her sisters either married poorer, dead, or on an alternative path. Amy was brought to Europe to try to marry out of her circumstances to provide a better life for them all. She has to be the best among them or they are doomed. It bleeds across into her work - forcing her to come to terms with her art’s value much earlier. She doesn’t have the freedom to spend time on art that won’t do anything for her. So she pivots and focuses on other skills that might help her in her future as a society wife.
She lived.
Even though Amy was an artist, she was quite practical and a realist from a young age. I wouldn't say cynical. She always knew what she wanted.
@crunchybunnylady 'Rome took all the vanity out of me and Paris made me realize I will never be a genius' She gives up on her dream to merry a rich man and become 'an ornament to society' she does not plan to merry for love. You dont find that cynical?
It is sad. I am really grateful to be a muslim woman. In Islam a woman has the right to earn and manage her own money.
are you aware this movie takes place in XIX century?
@@nahnah2071 Yes I am aware. I was juste thinking Islam was in advance on these question.
@@PlumeConvergente I don't think that you are saying the truth
@Laurensia I am. I read read and read. I read the Qur'an. I am Learning hadiths etc... The best sources to learn pure Islam more than TV.
@@PlumeConvergente ok. All the best to you
Atil
Still
STIL