Bend it Like Beckham uses the metaphor of football (soccer) to explore and discuss race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity in contemporary London. 18-year-old Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is a British Indian Punjabi Sikh living in the western suburbs of London. Her older sister‚ Pinky (Archie Panjabi)‚ is preoccupied with fashion and her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend Teetu (Kulvinder Ghir)‚ who operates a successful automobile business. Jess’ father (the noted actor‚ Anupam Kher ) is a Kenyan
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provide ultimate happiness for society. The prescribed text "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell showcases Rita as losing all of her individuality by gaining knowledge. Mirroring the above thesis‚ my related text‚" The Shawshank Redemption" directed by Frank Darabont encapsulates the idea of institutionalisation. Education is a supplement for the old lifestyle giving new ways to live with detrimental side effects. In the play “Educating Rita”‚ Rita assumes that education is an opportunity for finding herself
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how Willy Russel’s play Educating Rita and Bruce Dawe’s poem “Easy does it‚” emphasise the notion that pathways into new worlds offer problems and possibilities. From the outset of the play‚ the idea of moving into new worlds offering problems and possibilities is clearly evident. Before we even see Rita‚ a connection is made regarding the difficulties of moving into a new world‚ demonstrated through a metaphor‚ which reveals her difficulties in getting through the door. Rita hopes that the Open University
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Teaching Guide for Educating Rita The following information was put together using the written text of Educating Rita and is not specifically about the production taking place at The Segal Centre this fall. Some of the magic of live theatre comes from the fact that every performance is an event unto itself. As a result there may be some differences between the play as it is described here and the performance that you will see at The Segal Centre. Background Information Educating Rita‚ written by British
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How does Russel establish the characters of Rita? In the play “Educating Rita”‚ Rita is one of the main character along with Frank. She is described as a twenty-six years old women that works as an hairdresser. “ y’ know if I’m in the hairdresser’s – that’s where I work-“. Russel since from the beginning of the play lets the audience know that Rita is situated in the working class as she works in the hairdresser. This can also be understood by the way she introduced herself to Frank in scene
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If that wasn’t hard enough already the world tries to shape you to who they want you to be with stereotypes‚ adolescences face a whole lot more issues as well. Adolescence is a burdensome time though in the end it shapes who you are. The film Bend It Like Beckham by Gurinda Chadha‚ explores many adolescence issues including gender stereotypes and generational differences between parents and adolescence. Gender Stereotypes‚ gender stereotypes can be a confronting and tough issue during adolescence
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Bend It Like Beckham What you want and what your parents will accept is a common disagreement in most households these days. In the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ they showed the conflict between Jess between and her parents. The conflict was how they feel and what they want for her‚ how Jess sees the situation and how it is resolved. Throughout the movie Jess is constantly pulled in different directions for what she wants and what her parents and culture expect from the Indian girl Jess. Jess’s
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Bend It Like Beckham Essay Bend It Like Beckham is a movie directed by Gurinder Chadha. It revolves around Jesminder‚ a teenage Indian girl who’s passion is for playing soccer. This film explores many important themes such as racism‚ sexuality‚ stereotypes‚ breaking gender barriers and culture. The theme that I will be focusing on is culture. The main symbol for ’culture’ is food. Food is a recurrent theme of the film that is constantly repeated in scenes but only subtly. It has surprisingly
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In Willy Russell’s Educating Rita‚ the issues of class inequalities and the choices of education are the key themes of the play. These ideas are convey through not only by the character of Frank and Rita and their uses of language but also the dramatic technique employed. Class differences are clearly illustrated at the beginning of the play‚ in the relationship between Frank and Rita. Class differences are especially evident when Rita assumes that an academic like Frank will enjoy fictions such
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where one identifies what they truly want and breaks the mould and expectations of society to do this. Examining texts such as ‘Educating Rita’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ in addition to my own personal experience will bring forth an understanding of how society affects growing up and transition into new phases of life into a larger world. The text ‘Educating Rita’ is set Britain in the 1970’s‚ where a woman’s role was to have a family and look after it by staying at home and in the kitchen
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