I don’t know 1) why this movie and book doesn’t have more analysis videos, because it is a very interestingly tale that, at least in my case, really speaks to me and the experiences of my friends and their mother’s. 2) why you don’t have more subscribers, considering the quality of your videos, great analysis!
the JLC was such a wonderful film. I saw the film first and then read the unabridged book in middle school and it's been one of my favorite books of all time. the story is such a touching nararative of the relationships of mothers and daughters across multigenerational and multicultural relationships. The ending theme of unconditional love and pride is the most touching aspects of the tory.
I loved your video essay! I hope you keep producing these in the future. Some really great explanations and added information regarding the differences between the film and the novel was done well. You explained the conflict between Auntie Lindo and Waverly extremely well. I didn't quite get that part in the novel and in the film and you explained it very easily. I really needed this for my English lit class. Thank you so much XD. Also Auntie Suyuan is best girl IMO -Sincerely, 19 y/o who enjoyed The Joy Luck Club just as much as you did
Thank you so much! Knowing that I helped someone out in their English lit class makes me know I did a good job! XD And I guess we both have different Best Girls, but I don't begrudge your choice. Suyuan is indeed awesome.
Oh shit I’m 4 years late but I just came across your video. I really liked your analysis. You get a big thumbs up from me. I only recently revisited the movie after seeing it in high school 20 years ago. As Chinese Canadian, I felt this was the most representative story in Hollywood at the time. I gravitated to the mother daughter stories, and the depictions of their individual struggles. I could see myself amongst these women. 20 years later, I’m watching the movie with deeper empathy for the characters. I didn’t know of the controversy this film until afterwards (and crying my eyes out). I don’t think it’s fair for it to be seen as the one and only representative Asian American film. There is no way one film can represent everyone, as you said. I also wasn’t aware of the Hollywood whitewashing of the male characters in this story for the film adaptation. It makes me think I need to read the book. Thank you for your fair analysis. You have a great way of articulating your thoughts.
The movie was absolutely wonderful, the novel was fantastic. Im Puerto Rican ,first generation in the US and I totally related to this movie, it was so deep and thought provoking. I dont think that an American several generations in this country would not be able to relate the same way to this movie. It may sound like stereotypes, but they are not.. My experiences growing up were so alike I cant even begin to explain and look we are on the opposite sides of the globe. The themes were brilliant and very moving.
I think that comment about an American several generations in not being able to relate is very naive bordering on narrow minded!! I’m second generation born American, which would make my daughter third! By definition that would make her several generations in America. My parents raised me with plenty of values, morals, & traditions that have been passed down from one generation to the next! Including from me to my daughter. America is a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world. Of course we both know what you meant was White people by Americans! Implying of course that White people are all the same and have no culture therefore no traditions! You say you’re Puerto Rican?! Well that’s a far jump from Chinese culture and traditions! There is a large group that gets larger by the decade that categorizes White people! French, Russian, Irish,Scottish, Greek, Arminian, Estonian, even Italian and many more in fact. I happen to have Italian ancestry and I can tell you with certainty there are many traditions and ceremonies that are part of our rich history & culture! We have a very rich history! All of which my parents passed down to me and I to my children. Relating to ones parents is never easy given they came from a different generation, a different time altogether! I’m positive that there are a lot of people including Americans even several generations in that can relate to the theme of this movie and novel which is the relationship between mothers & daughters.
I really LOVED this analysis of JLC. I've read the novel more than once, and also the movie - one of my faves. Recently watched the PBS show on the interview with Amy Tan - was so good.
After having watched the JLC and Encanto, I have seen many similarities between both films. For one, both films are matriarchal stories with large ensemble casts based around intergenerational trauma, along with the older generation having to learn to reconcile with their mistakes for how it affected the younger generation. Not to mention how both Abuela and Suyuan (and the other JLC mothers) tell sanitized versions of their traumas to the younger generation, along with imposing high expectations on them. There are also many similarities between the main leads, Jing-mei and Mirabel, as both are seen as failures compared to their more high achieving counterparts (the other JLC daughters and Mirabel’s older sisters), how they’re both primed to take on the matriarchal role of their groups, and how they both direct confront the theme of intergenerational trauma with their respective antagonistic mother figures by understanding the full extent of their past traumas and how that affects them in the present day. I find these parallels fascinating as it reflects how intergenerational trauma affects all types of families regardless of race or culture, along with how having the older and younger generations meet halfway with each other can create a resolution.
Impressive, thank you. Especially appreciated your points about the changes made for the film version to accommodate Hollywood's persistent and subtle racism.
Considering countless film adaptations of novels, the film adaptation of the novel "The Joy Luck Club" is almost IDENTICAL to the original novel itself in terms of content and feeling.
Lindo, An-Mei, Suyuan's daughter, June, Ying-Ying's daughter, Lena and An-Mei's daughter, Rose are all Chinese, Suyuan and Ying-Ying are both Vietnamese and Lindo's daughter, Waverly is Japanese.
I read the book and watched parts of the film. I feel that the author made up some stories based on her imagination instead of the real history or some authentic Chinese fables. The film is beautifully made. But it seems to me a pure Hollywood movie. Your critics are excellent!
@@ellenhao47 Thank you! That's kind of the thing about Amy Tan's whole generation of Chinese-Americans though, which I find both fascinating and sad. They grew up in a time when any contact between America and Mainland China was tightly restricted, and also during a time when assimilation was pushed for much more than today. So, like June, there was an intense pressure to be as "White" as possible, and by the time they were old and self-confident enough to embrace the Chinese side of their identity, they didn't even have a complete picture of what "Chinese" was. And I think the Joy Luck Club is a good encapsulation of that specific generation and specific struggle, but far too many people see culture as static and discrete, so they don't see that specificity.
I don’t know
1) why this movie and book doesn’t have more analysis videos, because it is a very interestingly tale that, at least in my case, really speaks to me and the experiences of my friends and their mother’s.
2) why you don’t have more subscribers, considering the quality of your videos, great analysis!
Thank you. And I'm putt-putting away. Someday the Algorithm Gods may smile upon me. XD
the JLC was such a wonderful film. I saw the film first and then read the unabridged book in middle school and it's been one of my favorite books of all time. the story is such a touching nararative of the relationships of mothers and daughters across multigenerational and multicultural relationships. The ending theme of unconditional love and pride is the most touching aspects of the tory.
This film is very pertinent to mothers and daughters everywyhere.
I loved your video essay! I hope you keep producing these in the future. Some really great explanations and added information regarding the differences between the film and the novel was done well.
You explained the conflict between Auntie Lindo and Waverly extremely well. I didn't quite get that part in the novel and in the film and you explained it very easily. I really needed this for my English lit class. Thank you so much XD. Also Auntie Suyuan is best girl IMO
-Sincerely, 19 y/o who enjoyed The Joy Luck Club just as much as you did
Thank you so much! Knowing that I helped someone out in their English lit class makes me know I did a good job! XD
And I guess we both have different Best Girls, but I don't begrudge your choice. Suyuan is indeed awesome.
Oh shit I’m 4 years late but I just came across your video. I really liked your analysis. You get a big thumbs up from me. I only recently revisited the movie after seeing it in high school 20 years ago. As Chinese Canadian, I felt this was the most representative story in Hollywood at the time. I gravitated to the mother daughter stories, and the depictions of their individual struggles. I could see myself amongst these women. 20 years later, I’m watching the movie with deeper empathy for the characters. I didn’t know of the controversy this film until afterwards (and crying my eyes out). I don’t think it’s fair for it to be seen as the one and only representative Asian American film. There is no way one film can represent everyone, as you said. I also wasn’t aware of the Hollywood whitewashing of the male characters in this story for the film adaptation. It makes me think I need to read the book. Thank you for your fair analysis. You have a great way of articulating your thoughts.
The movie was absolutely wonderful, the novel was fantastic. Im Puerto Rican ,first generation in the US and I totally related to this movie, it was so deep and thought provoking. I dont think that an American several generations in this country would not be able to relate the same way to this movie. It may sound like stereotypes, but they are not.. My experiences growing up were so alike I cant even begin to explain and look we are on the opposite sides of the globe. The themes were brilliant and very moving.
I think that comment about an American several generations in not being able to relate is very naive bordering on narrow minded!! I’m second generation born American, which would make my daughter third! By definition that would make her several generations in America. My parents raised me with plenty of values, morals, & traditions that have been passed down from one generation to the next! Including from me to my daughter.
America is a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world. Of course we both know what you meant was White people by Americans! Implying of course that White people are all the same and have no culture therefore no traditions! You say you’re Puerto Rican?! Well that’s a far jump from Chinese culture and traditions!
There is a large group that gets larger by the decade that categorizes White people! French, Russian, Irish,Scottish, Greek, Arminian, Estonian, even Italian and many more in fact. I happen to have Italian ancestry and I can tell you with certainty there are many traditions and ceremonies that are part of our rich history & culture! We have a very rich history!
All of which my parents passed down to me and I to my children. Relating to ones parents is never easy given they came from a different generation, a different time altogether! I’m positive that there are a lot of people including Americans even several generations in that can relate to the theme of this movie and novel which is the relationship between mothers & daughters.
I really LOVED this analysis of JLC. I've read the novel more than once, and also the movie - one of my faves. Recently watched the PBS show on the interview with Amy Tan - was so good.
Thank you!
After having watched the JLC and Encanto, I have seen many similarities between both films. For one, both films are matriarchal stories with large ensemble casts based around intergenerational trauma, along with the older generation having to learn to reconcile with their mistakes for how it affected the younger generation. Not to mention how both Abuela and Suyuan (and the other JLC mothers) tell sanitized versions of their traumas to the younger generation, along with imposing high expectations on them. There are also many similarities between the main leads, Jing-mei and Mirabel, as both are seen as failures compared to their more high achieving counterparts (the other JLC daughters and Mirabel’s older sisters), how they’re both primed to take on the matriarchal role of their groups, and how they both direct confront the theme of intergenerational trauma with their respective antagonistic mother figures by understanding the full extent of their past traumas and how that affects them in the present day. I find these parallels fascinating as it reflects how intergenerational trauma affects all types of families regardless of race or culture, along with how having the older and younger generations meet halfway with each other can create a resolution.
Impressive, thank you. Especially appreciated your points about the changes made for the film version to accommodate Hollywood's persistent and subtle racism.
Considering countless film adaptations of novels, the film adaptation of the novel "The Joy Luck Club" is almost IDENTICAL to the original novel itself in terms of content and feeling.
Enjoyed your video
Keep doing what you're doing, love!
Thank you! Will do! :)
Great movie buy it
This was a great thesis video!!
Thank you!
Lindo, An-Mei, Suyuan's daughter, June, Ying-Ying's daughter, Lena and An-Mei's daughter, Rose are all Chinese, Suyuan and Ying-Ying are both Vietnamese and Lindo's daughter, Waverly is Japanese.
I COMPLETELY AGREE AUNTIE LINDO IS BEST GIRL!!!
YASS!!! XD
I'd bet that most Millennials don't even know about "Festivus."
Soy sauce over everything 😂
It's the gasp that really sells that scene for me. XD
In fact, I rarely used soy sauce before coming overseas. Soy sauce is more an American ingredient 🤭
I read the book and watched parts of the film. I feel that the author made up some stories based on her imagination instead of the real history or some authentic Chinese fables. The film is beautifully made. But it seems to me a pure Hollywood movie. Your critics are excellent!
@@ellenhao47 Thank you! That's kind of the thing about Amy Tan's whole generation of Chinese-Americans though, which I find both fascinating and sad. They grew up in a time when any contact between America and Mainland China was tightly restricted, and also during a time when assimilation was pushed for much more than today. So, like June, there was an intense pressure to be as "White" as possible, and by the time they were old and self-confident enough to embrace the Chinese side of their identity, they didn't even have a complete picture of what "Chinese" was. And I think the Joy Luck Club is a good encapsulation of that specific generation and specific struggle, but far too many people see culture as static and discrete, so they don't see that specificity.