Torrie, thank you for this excellent post and analysis. I have a theatre background and love the movies, although you're right that I have not heard enough about American Fiction. I don't think it came to my local multiplex, and that's a sad oversight. Barbie (which I did love, by the way) was there for several weeks and women attended in droves, many dressed in costumes. It became a cultural event. I appreciated that Margot Robbie's character was simply "stereotypical Barbie," the first prototype, but the film included various Barbie dolls of many ethnicities. and yes, that "Woman" speech is amazing. I'm going to include it in a retreat in Europe where I'm speaking in April where women from many nationalities will be present. Thanks for making it easy for me to find!
Torrie, thank you for this excellent post and analysis. I have a theatre background and love the movies, although you're right that I have not heard enough about American Fiction. I don't think it came to my local multiplex, and that's a sad oversight. Barbie (which I did love, by the way) was there for several weeks and women attended in droves, many dressed in costumes. It became a cultural event. I appreciated that Margot Robbie's character was simply "stereotypical Barbie," the first prototype, but the film included various Barbie dolls of many ethnicities. and yes, that "Woman" speech is amazing. I'm going to include it in a retreat in Europe where I'm speaking in April where women from many nationalities will be present. Thanks for making it easy for me to find!
This is powerful.
I saw American Fiction as well and loved it. And I related to it so much as someone who identifies as bicultural.