Rags to Riches
Before this class and discussion about Chicana women I used to enjoy this movie greatly. I'm always a fan of cheezy chick flicks where there's a love story, but I guess I have never examined this movie that deeply. I can see all the contraversal scenes and aspects about this movie and how they create the stereotypical image of a Latina woman. First how Marisa is in a working class position as a maid who waits on rich white people in a hotel and how it would be a "dream" to manage. I think it's terrible how such a dream for a Latina woman is like an average position for a white person; because you didn't see any white maids in the movie. The next scene that stood out to me was when Marisa got all dressed up to go to the party with Chris. When she walked into the party all eyes turned to her and it seemed like everyone was looking at her like why is she here or she doesn't belong here. Why would they have everyone look and whisper something when she walks in? I know this adds a dramatic feel and a cinderella twist to the story but it would have been different if there were some other people of color in the room when it happened. These two aspects stood out to me the most during the movie. Even with all the contraversy in this movie I can't lie and say I hated. When I watch movies like this I don't look too deeply into it and I just watch it for the story. I beleive that if you sat down and watched every movie and picked out all the contraversal aspects of them you would probably hate all movies because there are not many with no contraversy.