"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"--married couples living under the roof of an elderly authoritative patriarch and the psychological and social and sexual frustrations they each endure.
Human nature may be the same everywhere. Decades after Williams' famous play and movie American society has moved on from one "extended" family of several generations living together to the post-WW2 "nuclear families" of Mom and Dad and 2 children living in their suburban homes. And now we have the "fragmented families" of today, with divorced couples, single parent households, LGBT children and adults.
Changes in the American economy helped make most of these changes in society and the family structure happen. And this change took place over many many decades here, with a great deal of conflict and upheaval.
In "Joyland" we see a third-world Pakistani family going through these changes. This film is especially good in showing the lives of several people in this family, in a believable way. This is more complete and more complex than the publicity and reviews would lead you to expect. It is much more than one Pakistani guy discovering his 'gay identity'.
Highly recommended!
Human nature may be the same everywhere. Decades after Williams' famous play and movie American society has moved on from one "extended" family of several generations living together to the post-WW2 "nuclear families" of Mom and Dad and 2 children living in their suburban homes. And now we have the "fragmented families" of today, with divorced couples, single parent households, LGBT children and adults.
Changes in the American economy helped make most of these changes in society and the family structure happen. And this change took place over many many decades here, with a great deal of conflict and upheaval.
In "Joyland" we see a third-world Pakistani family going through these changes. This film is especially good in showing the lives of several people in this family, in a believable way. This is more complete and more complex than the publicity and reviews would lead you to expect. It is much more than one Pakistani guy discovering his 'gay identity'.
Highly recommended!