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Kajillionaire è un film che ha diviso molto la critica americana
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(leggi: reddit) ma l'opinione dei lezzi è una sola: bel film, many
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feels.
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Data la quantità di hipster su cui far colpo mostrando un po' di
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critica decence, abbiamo deciso di passare una nottata a ragionare sul
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significato del film, per poi svegliarci e capire che tutto sommato
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gli abbiamo dato troppa importanza. Ormai lo sforzo è stato fatto
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quindi tanto vale scrivere.
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In questo film le parti complesse da capire sono:
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- i terremoti
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- la cena
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- la visione con le stelle: si può fin da subito archiviare capendo
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che è solo simbolica
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- il mancato threesome nella vasca da bagno: anche questo da
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archiviare subito, probabilmente nella visione utilitaristica dei
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genitori e` solo un modo per pagare l'inaspettata partecipazione di Melanie
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- il rapporto di Melanie con la madre
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Sicuramente una chiave di volta del film e` la scena in cui Old Dolio
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spiega che c'e` una terza via riguardo le azioni dei genitori.
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Difatti il film si conclude rimarcando l'importanza di questa terza
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via.
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LA terza via e`:
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non sono dei mostri, ma nonostante la amino non possono cambiare.
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Il film introduce fin da subito la visione cinica (priva di senso)
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della vita di Old Dolio, nello scambio che ha col vecchio.
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I terremoti probabilmente servono a:
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- porre distanza fra i genitori di Old Dolio e il resto della societa`
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- come meccanismo che permette la maturazione di Old DOlio: e` solo
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con l'ultima scossa che lei un senso lo vuole trovare
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PEr altro e` significativo che nel bagno della stazione ci erano
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entrate proprio per mettere in scena la nascita
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Altre scene non chiare:
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La scena della vasca da bagno, che e` preparata per un bel pezzo di
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film, e` giustificabile dal fatto che probabilmente il piano dei
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genitori era di coinvolgere la portoricana emotivamente, farla sentire
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tradita per poi avere accesso alla sua casa con la pretesa di un
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perdono e infine derubarla come effettivamente e` avvenuto. Abbiamo la
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sensazione che Old Dolio non ne fosse a conoscenza e che questo "con"
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fosse una pratica consolidata dai due. Gli altri scam con buoni
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risultati erano tutti scam emotivi.
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I think the colors in that particular scene were enhanced because from
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Old Dolio's perspective, she was seeing this false reality as warm and
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inviting. You can tell she never got to experience the essence of
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having a family. So when they were all pretending in that scene, Dolio
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was imagining what it would really be like to live a life like that.
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The themes are unsubtle, but weaved in well enough I didn't mind. Old
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Dolio wants a somewhat normal relationship and life but was born to
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very unconventional parents who think of everything in terms of cash
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value and not in terms of emotional connection.
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Every con they pull seems to remind Old Dolio what she's missing out
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on. Going to the baby care class, being treated like a stranger by her
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parents while they dote on this new younger woman on a plane,
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pretending to be a normal family to lull an old man into death. The
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saddest moments are when Dolio gets caught up in the moment and lets
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herself believe she has a family just as the parents shatter the
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illusion with their focus on the scam.
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I didn't entirely get the notion she was bored by life, but i thought
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she was sort of another side of Dolio. She likely had a good, possibly
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WASPy upbringing, a mother who does the things a mother does, but that
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GRs character doesn't really connect with. It seems like her mother
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perhaps kinda just ducked into her life whenever she wanted via
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calling then just kinda went on and on about her life for GRs
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character to kinda just spectate on.
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Because they’ll never be whole, they’ll always be divided as a family
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and never be a real family.
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I think there was a lot of use of the woman's gaze vs. the male gaze
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as evidenced in the importance of touch, intimacy, language etc. For
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those who felt as though the sapphic element was out of the blue, I
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think Old Dolio's discovery of her sexuality was done intentionally
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and organically. She is very aware of how the world perceives Melanie.
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At first Old Dolio seems a bit resentful at Melanie for inspiring
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feelings of lust/attraction. It causes her to feel shame (re: hot tub
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scene “making everyone uncomfortable” with her clothes). Very typical
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for a lot of budding queer folks that are internalize their shame when
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they see the same sex in a desirable way. As the film progresses she
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becomes more aware of her own needs/ wants. She gives Melanie the
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tooth pick at dinner when she’s ready. This shows she's not just the
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object of Melanie's affection, but actively inciating and
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demonstrating her desire (in her own way.) Modeled after her mother
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telling her that a wooden gift = a symbol for sexual desire.
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I think the movie is a lot of things, mainly a coming of age story of
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Evan Woods character. She learns how to become herself instead of
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another cog in her parents machine, which seems ironically like the
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same thing her parents did with their lives except they escaped from
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being a cog under government and normal society.
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For Robert and Theresa, including Old Dolio in their scams is, as July
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put it, their “love language.” So they express their affection for
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their daughter by putting her through one more scheme, and give her
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gifts that they know she will return for her share of the money. When
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they finally express affection toward Old Dolio at their dinner,
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saying nice things to her, it’s left vague as to whether they really
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mean it or if it’s just another ploy.
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