the scene where he urinates on his brother and purposefully passing gas at the dinner table. these are major no-no's. respect for elders is such a big deal in african cultures. i just can't imagine an african family sitting around and laughing over it. these actions seemed incredibly american.
shareAs someone born in Ghana I can tell you that is very real. Much like America, different families have different relationships. It happens
The pissing scene I'll agree but the farting is real lol
Well one can imagine the pissing was fake, like he hid a bottle in his pants or something, even if it was true, he was like what, 7/8 yo ? i remember at 5 or 6 pissing from the balcony just for the fun of it & i too come from a very strict family, kids do these things & it was just his older brother, not an elder.
As for the fart, it wasn't on-purpose if i recall the scene right, also they were in the middle of a war, which can explain why they felt the need to "relieve tension" in weird ways...
What bothers me more is these two things (not that don't ring true but are left quite vague & unclear, prolly on purpose, as it's narrated by a kid) :
*was it really his mother?
*& did the commandant actually arranged for his second in command to be shot in the brothel?
I'll keep reading some posts to find ppl opinions about that, ciao.
*was it really his mother?
*& did the commandant actually arranged for his second in command to be shot in the brothel?
the fact you said "african cultures" makes it clear you don't have a clue of what you're talking about.
sharelol! People seem to think Africa is one giant country. Even in Ghana we have over 50 languages and they all act very differently
shareOh, that's interesting.
But yeah, Africa isn't even a country....but a continent.
That's true. Also, he could have been faking.
It's ok to like more than one actor. :))
There are more than on African culture, isn't there? I'm sure many have similar traditions.
shareIt was nowhere near as bad as that little kid swimming through all of that poop in order to get the movie star's autograph in Slumdog Millionaire.
The little kid peeing on his brother, I can see that happening anywhere as well as farting at the dinner table. The mother looked pretty appalled at all of their behaviour.
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so you're saying that American families sit around the table freely passing gas? glad i'm Canadian, then.. i'd be like the mother in this scene, visibly disgusted if my family members were burping and farting at the dinner table.
shareIn the belching/farting scene, I think it's implied that it's not culturally acceptable - judging by the mother's reaction, and the tension that had been building up.
As for peeing on his brother; I thought he hid a bottle in his shorts and was pretending to pee just to annoy his brother - I suppose it's open to interpretation.
Dum dum dum, da da da, da da daaaah...
To my initial point: it was a creative liberty that the (white, western, etc) filmmakers took. Maybe they hoped a moment of levity would make the story relatable/palatable to a (white, western, etc) audience. I could see if that had happened in the book and it was translated for the screen, but nothing like that happened. It was a particular choice for a particular effect that the film, both adapted and directed by Cary Fukunaga, made.
shareare you seriously trying to say that no family within the entire continent of Africa would ever tolerate a baby farting followed by a short stint of family laughter in response at the dinner table, not even once?
for some reason I just find that absolutely retarded.
i assume you've lived and spent time with families somewhere in Africa? you're making some very bold statements based on some of the most asinine and' for lack of a better word, retarded and ignorant assumptions I've ever seen or heard,.
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