Rented on a lark, Real Women Have Curves is the story of a young Latina woman, Ana, who has just graduated high school in Los Angeles. Her parents think she should work in her sister's dressmaking factory, she wants to go to college. What could have been a typical "Young Adult Breaks Free of Parents' Unfair Rules" story became richer and deeper because of its willingness to steer away from the predictable. When she starts secretly dating a white classmate, I waited patiently a) for her to get caught and b) for race to come into play. Fortunately, the writers knew that in this day and age, young love can often transcend racial issues, doing so even without a heavyhanded, "Look at us, we're transcending race!" speech from the characters.
Posted by waking slow at June 16, 2003 03:23 PMBecause of the mother’s lack of motivation for her daughter to go out into the world and make a good living and learning, she might be affected. This relationship to break out into a fight because of the daughter wanting to be independent but the mother is very tough. If the mother learns to accept that her daughter is finally growing up and living a life of her own, then there would be a good conclusion, whereas the girl learns about the mother’s pasts and help her to be a better person. Because obviously the mother in the story has some complications that would contribute to her behaviors and talks to her daughter. Or this would be a downfall where the relationship will be broken in pieces where they don’t talk to each other no more.
Posted by: Khiem Tran on December 5, 2003 02:42 AM