Theme of Hybridity and Gender Issues in Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham‚ is a film directed and co-written by Gurinder Chadha‚ who is herself a Punjabi and Sikh like the main character‚ Jesminder ’Jess’ Kaur Bhamra portrayed by Parminder Nagra. The film deals with the identity issues of 18 year-old Jess‚ who wants to be a professional football player against the wishes of her very traditional Indian family. The meaning of the word “hybrid”‚ according to the Oxford Dictionary
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Bend it Like Beckham Reflection Paper Bend it Like Beckham displays issues that arise in cross cultured interactions through Jess’ Sikh family and their relocation to Britain. Through the main character Jess‚ the audience witnesses many issues that a young‚ ethnic female goes through such as coming of age and religious or family expectations. Jess’ passion for soccer results in many issues for the character to face‚ yet the soccer field becomes a resolution for the culture and family issues she
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throughout the film Bend It Like Beckham (Directed by Gurinda Chadha) was the act of challenging ‘gender stereotypes’. I found the presentation of conflicting typical gender requirements especially important because this taught me that expectations are not always meant to be met‚ and that sometimes going against them gives you the opportunity to become the person you would like to be‚ and not what others want you to. The demonstration of challenging gender stereotypes in Bend It Like Beckham played
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Bend it Like Beckham Friday‚ May 31‚ 2013 7:46 PM page 6 of the booklet. A description of Jess and her English friend‚ Jules (Juliette). Both Jess and Jules love Beckham and they are 18 years old. They prefer to wear tracksuits rather then wearing attractive clothes like Jess’ sister Pinky. They were both skillful at soccer and they both loved Joe. Describe the homes both girls live in and the area around their homes. Jess’ house is filled with photos of Guru Nanak (the founder of
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Many films revolve around a challenge for the main character. The challenge Gurinder Chadha’s character‚ Jess Bhamra faces in ‘bend it like Beckham’ is to choose between her family and her love of football. This challenge is presented through the techniques of props‚ dialogue‚ and costumes. The director used props effectively to portray the challenge Jess is to face between the clash of football and Jess’s Indian heritage. This is shown effectively when Jess is practicing her football skills using
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What you want versus family expectations are common though out most family households. In the movie ’Bend it like Beckham’ we saw the conflict between Jess and her parents on how they feel and what they want for her‚ how Jess sees the situation‚ and how it is resolved. Mr. Bhamra‚ Jess’s father is worried about Jess playing soccer in fear she will get hurt like he did when he wanted to play fastball‚ he was discriminated because of the way he looked. He wasn’t allowed to play on any of the teams
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Bend it like Beckham From Jules mother not wanting her daughter to play football‚ to letting her go to America and play football really shows the change she had made throughout this film. You can notice how she changes her attitude for the sport and her daughter’s skills in the game. At one point her mother would be happy for her‚ and then be angry at her for no resin. Jules mother learns that her daughter is very good at playing football and that she can still lead a life of a traditional woman
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In Bend It Like Beckham‚ director Gurinder Chadha uses the character Jess to develop the theme of inner conflict with displaying her inability to live two lives. During the whole movie she struggled to do this because she tired being a “true” Indian that her mother wanted her to be and the soccer player she wanted to be. This did not work because she got caught multiple times which was disobeying her mother’s orders to not play soccer. For example in the scene where she was supposed to be shopping
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she tries to achieve her goal of becoming a football player. Dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face as she battles against what her family traditions ask of her‚ like cooking and learning how to become the idea Indian wife‚ and the opposition that Jess has to overcome in the form of her disapproving parents Jess: "anyone can cook Aloo Gobi‚ but who can bend a ball like Beckham?" Mrs Bhamra: "What family would want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but
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Bend It Like Beckham Essay KaTsun Tsang Gurinder Chadha has used dialogue to show the difference posed by opposing cultures. And most particular‚ Jesminder Bhamra (or ‘Jess’ as she is commonly known)‚ is made to overcome the complications of wanting to both appease her traditional Sikh family‚ and her constant internal struggle as she tries to achieve her goal of becoming a football player‚ like her idol David Beckham. Gurinder Chadha’s dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face
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