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Mask Girl 마스크걸 (2023) dir. Kim Yong Hoon

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Jung Ho Yeon as Kang Sae Byeok / “No. 067”  in Squid Game 오징어 게임 (2021) — dir. Hwang Dong Hyuk

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One Piece ワンピース (2023) • 1.01 MACKENYU as RORONOA ZORO

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One Piece 1.01 "Romance Dawn"

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zoro: yes to me. yes if its you. i'll do it but jesus christ.

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shoutout to the lord of the rings lighting directors. bold move to let the audience see what's going on in nighttime scenes. i miss that.

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@lgbtqcreators creator bingo | poetry/words

“Here’s a question for your soul:” -  Nikita Gill

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just saw someone call barbie movie an independent film. and. girls. what are we doing here. a $100mil movie, from warner brothers, about one of the most famous toys in the world, produced by the makers of that toy, is not an independent film. come on. you can be excited for it without treating it like some low budget arthouse underdog.

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What Happens When Cultures Collide: Spanglish (2004)

When I think of media references for multicultural psychology, Spanglish (2004) immediately comes to mind. The story follows a mother (Flor) and daughter (Cristina) who have moved from Mexico to California and what happens to their lives and relationship when Flor takes a job as a maid for a wealthy California family. One of the taglines for the movie is “the ultimate culture clash… family” so there is obviously a lot of content from this film that fits into what we have been talking about in class, but I want to focus on parenting styles.

There is a juxtaposition throughout the film between Flor and Deborah (the mother of the family Flor is working for) and how they parent their respective daughters, Cristina and Bernie. I would argue that neither character fits into just one parenting style, but I could probably pick a primary for each of them.

I would say Flor parents Cristina in an authoritative style most of the time, but Cristina often acts as if her mother is treating her in an authoritarian way. Flor often acts in a warm and nurturing manor towards Cristina, often bringing her cookies on her way home from work (before the pair move in with the Clasky’s). She is very protective of Cristina (she is very upset the first time a boy shows interest in her daughter), and has high expectations for Cristina in terms of education, as we see through the lens of which the story is told: Cristina’s college admissions essay.

Things get a little more complicated after Flor and Cristina move in with the Clasky’s. Flor’s protectiveness of her daughter causes her to become a little more authoritarian, especially when Deborah takes a liking to Cristina and begins stepping across a line, taking Cristina (and not her own daughter, Bernie) to the salon to dye colored streaks in their hair. Flor is very upset when they return and insists that they should leave with little explanation to Cristina. However, she is still emotionally responsive to her daughter. We see this again when Cristina makes hundreds of dollars from collecting sea glass for John Clasky (the dad in the family Flor is working for). When Flor finds the money, she says Cristina cannot accept it and gives it back to John, despite protest from both he and her daughter. The more authoritarian side of Flor comes to a peak when Deborah steps out of line once more, trying to get Cristina into the private school her daughter goes to without asking for Flor’s thoughts about this. Flor then again insists that she and her daughter are leaving, despite Cristina throwing a tantrum, and they head back to their own home. It is important to point out here that the reason Flor parents the way she does is, at least in her eyes, always so that she can give her daughter the best possible life.

I also wanted to quickly touch on Deborah’s parenting style with her own daughter, Bernie. Deborah is very upset about Bernie’s weight (she’s not even really overweight in my opinion, but that’s sort of beside the point). Because of this, Deborah is constantly trying to motivate Bernie to work out and lose a few pounds, but she does this in a way that is almost bullying. It’s obvious that she is more embarrassed of her daughter than she cares about her health. She tries to look like she’s working from a permissive parenting style, acting more like a (bad) friend than a mom to Bernie most of the time, but her actions are more authoritarian– and not in a positive way at all. She has very high expectations for Bernie to lose weight and is not emotionally responsive to her daughter, often playing the victim when Bernie becomes (rightfully) upset. Things only become worse when Deborah takes a liking to the beautiful and thin Cristina, and tries parenting her rather than her own daughter.

I think this is a really interesting case study in multicultural parenting styles, not just because it’s easy to pinpoint a couple throughout the film, but also because it’s not entirely clear cut. Neither of the mothers in the film can be categorized as just one type of parenting style, and we can see that one parenting style isn’t always superior to the others. I think these are important ideas to apply to real life scenarios, and also to check ourselves when we immediately assume that our Western parenting styles are the “right” ones. It’s also a very entertaining film!

Image Credit: IMDB, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371246/

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#sobbing over perrito comforting puss through a panic attack

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

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One of the most stressful and terrifying moments is when you are watching a series/season finale, and you realize there isn’t enough time left in the episode for it to end the way you want.