Roma's Wounding Confession
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Roma's Wounding Confession
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#2Nice read, thanks for sharing.
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#3I spent time in Mexico City, and moved around a few houses. Each one came with a housekeeper, a woman either young or old - always with a family she was supported, or extended family. I came to love them too, quickly - in the same kind of relationship Cuarón portrayed in Roma - of the one with money who treated them well but wished there was a more equitable way of living together. It's a sad kind of thing, in one way I am offering employment and in another way I am acting in the class system I hate so much.
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#4This appears to be a part of a series of articles about some of the Oscar-nominated films: http://churchlife.nd.edu/tag/oscars-2019/
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#5I spent time in Mexico City, and moved around a few houses. Each one came with a housekeeper, a woman either young or old - always with a family she was supported, or extended family. I came to love them too, quickly - in the same kind of relationship Cuarón portrayed in Roma - of the one with money who treated them well but wished there was a more equitable way of living together. It's a sad kind of thing, in one wa…
I grew up in South America, one parent Scandinavian and the other local. We had a housekeeper/nanny the same way in Roma. My Mother was adamant on having the nanny sit with us for every meal, all together. I was a kid back then so I didn't understand why my friends would find it weird when they ate dinner with us.
It is a cultural thing that is probably left over from the colonization era. Things will change but it takes time.
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#6Roma is a terrible movie. Pretty sure the author - like me - turned it off after the first scene. Oh black and white? Stone and water splashing over it? Must be a real "artistic" "film." If only it had tried to be good.
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#7I wonder what it is like to think that deeply about "entertainment"? I can think in code for hours but writing about the opening scene as done in this article would be much worse than just watching it. It's hard for me to even imagine spending that much thought to analyze a movie. I wonder how much time the author spent on the article? I can't even imagine. I probably need therapy...
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#8I wonder what it is like to think that deeply about "entertainment"? I can think in code for hours but writing about the opening scene as done in this article would be much worse than just watching it. It's hard for me to even imagine spending that much thought to analyze a movie. I wonder how much time the author spent on the article? I can't even imagine. I probably need therapy...
Film is an art like any other. Why spend time working on a painting? Or a song? Or a book? Or a video game?
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#9Roma is a terrible movie. Pretty sure the author - like me - turned it off after the first scene. Oh black and white? Stone and water splashing over it? Must be a real "artistic" "film." If only it had tried to be good.
Cuaron and Lubezski are two of the best to ever do it.
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#10I spent time in Mexico City, and moved around a few houses. Each one came with a housekeeper, a woman either young or old - always with a family she was supported, or extended family. I came to love them too, quickly - in the same kind of relationship Cuarón portrayed in Roma - of the one with money who treated them well but wished there was a more equitable way of living together. It's a sad kind of thing, in one wa…
I grew up in South America, one parent Scandinavian and the other local. We had a housekeeper/nanny the same way in Roma. My Mother was adamant on having the nanny sit with us for every meal, all together. I was a kid back then so I didn't understand why my friends would find it weird when they ate dinner with us. It is a cultural thing that is probably left over from the colonization era. Things will change but it t…
> It is a cultural thing that is probably left over from the colonization era. Things will change but it takes time.
Assuming you are paying a fair salary, other cultures/countries don't have a housekeeper (even as a part-time work) because they cannot afford one not because it is an ethical or moral thing. In general, families with children need a lot of extra help when parents work.