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====Three Minute Film Synopsis====
 
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Little Women is a film based on the classic children's novel of the same name, written in the late 1800s.  Counting this one, there have been seven film adaptations of Little Women spanning the past 100 years (pretty much the entire existence of film as a medium).  In other words, as far as American stories go, it's kind of a big deal.
  
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This latest film jumps right into the middle of the story, beginning when the four leading ladies--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (the March sisters)--are already young adults, either married and raising a family (in Meg's case), pursuing their professional careers away from home (in the case of Jo and Amy) or in the case of one sister, Beth, dying.  That, of course, is the catalyst that brings them all back together.  But having introduced us to the March sisters, the director of this film (Gretta Gerwig) now starts to jump back and forth in time to flashbacks of their childhood, when Meg aspired to be an actress, Jo a writer, Beth a musician, and Amy an artist (representing all four major branches of the creative arts, incidentally). 
  
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The March sisters are often described as "genteel poor" which today I think would be considered lower middle class.  Their parents are generally able to put food on the table and take care of their basic needs, but they often struggle financially, and the girls aspire to the kind of stability that greater wealth would bring. 
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====The Proverbs 31 Woman====
 
====The Proverbs 31 Woman====
*[https://youtu.be/TRxXThHTpMM Film Clip #3 - Economic Proposition (??)]
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Another major struggle in the film concerns the role of a woman in society.  Louisa May Alcott, the writer of the novel, was someone who defied almost all of the social conventions for women in her era, and her four heroines in this story, to greater or lesser extent, try to strike their own delicate balance between the conventional, the radical, and the pragmatic. 
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In the following clip, Amy March tries to explain her pragmatism to her childhood friend, Laurie, who is both wealthy and male, and thus has more options and freedom than she does.  Even though she comes across as cool and collected, pay attention to the subtle, seething anger and pent-up frustration in her delivery. 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i10aNmmXYsQ Film Clip #3 - Economic Proposition (??)]
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====Don't Let the Sun Set on Your Anger====
 
====Don't Let the Sun Set on Your Anger====

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Ephesians 4:25-32 (NT, p. 194)

25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil. 28 Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. 29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, 32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Faith & Film VIII - Little Women

Three Minute Film Synopsis

Little Women is a film based on the classic children's novel of the same name, written in the late 1800s. Counting this one, there have been seven film adaptations of Little Women spanning the past 100 years (pretty much the entire existence of film as a medium). In other words, as far as American stories go, it's kind of a big deal.

This latest film jumps right into the middle of the story, beginning when the four leading ladies--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (the March sisters)--are already young adults, either married and raising a family (in Meg's case), pursuing their professional careers away from home (in the case of Jo and Amy) or in the case of one sister, Beth, dying. That, of course, is the catalyst that brings them all back together. But having introduced us to the March sisters, the director of this film (Gretta Gerwig) now starts to jump back and forth in time to flashbacks of their childhood, when Meg aspired to be an actress, Jo a writer, Beth a musician, and Amy an artist (representing all four major branches of the creative arts, incidentally).

The March sisters are often described as "genteel poor" which today I think would be considered lower middle class. Their parents are generally able to put food on the table and take care of their basic needs, but they often struggle financially, and the girls aspire to the kind of stability that greater wealth would bring.

The Proverbs 31 Woman

Another major struggle in the film concerns the role of a woman in society. Louisa May Alcott, the writer of the novel, was someone who defied almost all of the social conventions for women in her era, and her four heroines in this story, to greater or lesser extent, try to strike their own delicate balance between the conventional, the radical, and the pragmatic.

In the following clip, Amy March tries to explain her pragmatism to her childhood friend, Laurie, who is both wealthy and male, and thus has more options and freedom than she does. Even though she comes across as cool and collected, pay attention to the subtle, seething anger and pent-up frustration in her delivery.


Don't Let the Sun Set on Your Anger

  • [Film Clip #4 - ?? (??)]

The Virtuous Life