It's gotta be Pretty in Pink. Molly Ringwald's Andie was the first person I knew whose mother was gone, who was alone with just a dad. How strange that seemed to me—to have just a male parent—despite the fact that my dad and I were quite close. I was riveted by those scenes where Andi and her dad were sad + together in their aloneness. And of course, the relationship Andie had with Iona (Annie Potts) ... I almost longed to be abandoned by my own mother so I could forge a new connection with someone like her.
The Joy Luck Club- 'cause representation. I saw not only 1 of me, but 4 of me on screen. (I was a stand in on the film 🎬, and everyone could feel it would be groundbreaking.) Terms of Endearment- the first movie I watched where I saw a complicated, messy, and prickly mom/daughter relationship. Lady Bird- more mom/daughter turbulence, and it's hilarious. Crazy Rich Asians- mahjong scene w/daughter, mom, and future mother-in-law...symbolic and empowering.
It's gotta be Pretty in Pink. Molly Ringwald's Andie was the first person I knew whose mother was gone, who was alone with just a dad. How strange that seemed to me—to have just a male parent—despite the fact that my dad and I were quite close. I was riveted by those scenes where Andi and her dad were sad + together in their aloneness. And of course, the relationship Andie had with Iona (Annie Potts) ... I almost longed to be abandoned by my own mother so I could forge a new connection with someone like her.
I loved that movie!
Lovely, wistful insight about that movie and the father daughter bond - makes me want to rewatch it (for the zillionth time :-)
The Joy Luck Club- 'cause representation. I saw not only 1 of me, but 4 of me on screen. (I was a stand in on the film 🎬, and everyone could feel it would be groundbreaking.) Terms of Endearment- the first movie I watched where I saw a complicated, messy, and prickly mom/daughter relationship. Lady Bird- more mom/daughter turbulence, and it's hilarious. Crazy Rich Asians- mahjong scene w/daughter, mom, and future mother-in-law...symbolic and empowering.
You were a stand in?!? Gonna have to rewatch my DVD and look for you — definitely on my list as well, Mimi 😍