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[oyceter]

Just watched Bend It Like Beckham.

Thoughts:

- Really liked it
- Keira Knightley is waaay too skinny.
- Really liked the main character (whose name I can't figure out how to spell)
- Are Indian families really like that? My roommate's didn't seem like that...

Comments

[rahael.livejournal.com]

I'm from the sub-continent, though not Indian, but there was a lot there that was true to life. A lot of it is dependent on class.

There is quite a pressure to marry within class and ethnic boundaries, though not so much for second generation immigrants. And the wedding was Sikh, so I haven't attended one of those before. But Hindu weddings are very colourful and have great food!

I'm free from a lot of these pressures because my family, or at least my mother's generation within my family were so rebellious and feminist. But she and her sisters were considered to be beyond the pale, and outrageous. I'm lucky that I've been insulated from that.

[oyceter]

*nods* Some parts definitely reminded me of my own family -- my mom telling me not to marry black or non-Christian. And I know she'd be happier if I were dating someone Chinese, but oh well. I'm glad you're free from a lot of those pressures.