Bend It Like Beckham
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My emotional reaction to Bend It Like Beckham was to feel the release of joy at the end of the film when Jess is finally wished well by her parents in the pursuit of her love for and talent in soccer. I felt enormous release in this eventual nurturing quality developed in her parents by JessÆ obvious love for and talent for something that goes against most of the norms for this traditional Indian family. Being raised in a traditionally ethnic family, I related to both Jess and her good friend and fellow soccer-player Jules. In the film I could relate to JessÆ and conflict with her ethnically traditional mother who continually tries to guide her development in line with conventional values Jess that Jess finds limiting. Jess development is limited because she does not want to learn how to cook traditional Ind
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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