"The Joy Luck Club" is a warm adorable movie about four mothers and four daughters. The four mothers were all from China and they all had a tragic story of some degree about their lives in China before coming to America. The four daughters were largely insulated from such trials and tribulations having been born and raised in the U.S.
Even though the movie centers on these four and their family dynamics, it is more about cultural differences. The four daughters were Chinese, but their connection to China was only as much as their racial makeup and whatever their mothers imparted upon them from Chinese culture. The daughters were far more American than Chinese and couldn't even imagine the world their mothers came from.
In that sense, the movie was about love, family, and culture--the sacrifices made for them and how they all create a complex and intricate fabric of a person's being.
Even though the movie centers on these four and their family dynamics, it is more about cultural differences. The four daughters were Chinese, but their connection to China was only as much as their racial makeup and whatever their mothers imparted upon them from Chinese culture. The daughters were far more American than Chinese and couldn't even imagine the world their mothers came from.
In that sense, the movie was about love, family, and culture--the sacrifices made for them and how they all create a complex and intricate fabric of a person's being.