Bathtub Of Louisiana

A Little Piece of a Big, Big Universe
This is a story of life most of us are not accustomed to. This movie takes the viewers to a community with different values and standards for living. Instead of a focus on education, nutrition, and proper behavior, the characters here are centered on survival. These seem like wild animals to us. The Bathtub of Louisiana is not a place most of us envision raising a child. The movie centers around one 6 year old little girl, Hushpuppy who lives in the Bathtub with her Daddy. With no previous acting experience, she won the hearts of many with her performance. There is a lot that Hushpuppy has to figure out along the way. Her father, Wink, is the only family she has since her mother is not in the picture. He has a fatal illness that is slowly killing him. The place she lives is on the verge of being swallowed by the ocean. The people who live all around her are all uneducated alcoholics willing to die in order to stay loyal to their impoverished community. The people of The Bathtub are taught to take care of themselves. They are raised to be tough as nails. The children are taught about a fierce animal from the days of cave people, the Auroch. It was the ruler of the earth before the Ice age. It is through images of this animal that Hushpuppy
He leaves her to fend for herself more than any six year old kid should ever have to. She knows how to light the gas stove with a torch on her own. She was confused when he didn’t come home one night, but she didn’t panic. He tries to keep her safe during the storm, even though all he really accomplished was scaring her silly. He tries to teach her how to fish with just her hands so she’ll be okay when she is “the last man in the bathtub” as he puts it. He teaches her how to “beast” the crab by breaking it open with her bare hands. He goes out of his way to make her as brave and tough as possible. He never allows her to cry. He tries to teach her to be a