Cammy Reagan
I think that the Spanish speaking women in this film were definitely over the top. There was much machismo noted in the film. Of course, that was the culture back when the film was made not only in Spain, but in America, as well. Women during that era spent a lot of time trying to please their man, not as today as most women are very independent and self sufficient. Given the era that this film was made, I did not think that the feelings were over reacted, however for the current era, it would be complete over reaction. I do, however believe that reactions that occurred in this film are what many women who have dealt with infidelity would be, just maybe not as extreme as these reactions were. You may still find some women that react in those extreme way in today's culture, as you can see on the evening news any given night of the week. I think that women of today are much more sophisticated and educated. They don't feel it is necessary to have a man to take care of them, as they are able to take care of themselves and their children. This has also been proven time and time again. I also think that women of today would seek to get a divorce, if married, since it is much easier to do so and people do not look down on you for doing so, or they will just break up with the man that has done them so wrong. Women are not as forgiving as they once were.
I thought the film was somewhat humorous. One of the thoughts that I took away from the movie was that Carlos was the apple that did not fall far from the tree. He was in the apartment with his fiancee' who was asleep on the balcony, kissing another woman. Not only did he kiss Candela, he kissed Pepa as well. I thought "like father, like son". The plot itself was almost a slapstick comedy with the phone being thrown out the window, the spiked gazpacho that was given to the police officers, the makeup and the hair that Lucia sported were quite remarkable.
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I agree with you that the women were over the top. I also think that we see men like Ivan still today. I wonder if he never divorced Lucia so that he would have an excuse to not fully comitte to any of the women in his life. I have a hard time believing anyone, that has cheated on their spouse, when they say they are sorry. I think that they are only sorry because they got caught. I also think that in today's society divorce seems to be the easier road to take. Don't get me wrong I know divorce is not easy but I think it is harder to stay and work it out and to forgive, you never forget. I did not think of it before but you are so right when you said that the apple did not fall far from the tree. I can't believe that I did not put the two together. I was chalking it up to Marisa being a controlling witch with a capitol B, but I think your thought is spot on. I did not find the film to be very humerous, there were a few scenes but not enough for me to classify this as a true comedy.
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