I'm watching the "Joyful Joyful" performance at the competition, and Rita's mother just arrived. My question is: do you think she showed up at the competition to support Rita, or maybe to intimidate her into giving into her will? Given everything she said and did to Rita, I'm pretty suspicious of her intentions.
shareI don't know...maybe she just wanted to watch it and see how she felt afterward.
I just watched Rita's mother's first scene, and she made me so mad!
Seriously, making Rita leave the choir?
Didn't she think about the possibility that making her do that might make her fail music class?
And possibly hurt the GPA that her mother cares so much for?
You'd think she'd let her stay in the choir, since it was for SCHOOL!
-Amanda
"She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in storybooks written by rabbits"
it actually had nothing to do with grades it had everything to do with ritas father failing to make a music career and her resentment of him
shareWhatever it was, one thing was for sure: Rita's mother is a SUPER-BITCH!! If she had successfully stopped Rita from living out her dreams, the ONLY thing she would thank her mother for was that she NEVER got to live her dreams & became something she (the mother) wanted which was to NOT live a happy life. I'm glad I never had a mother like that; I would've disowned myself from her if I did.
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i think she went there because she was angry at first, but then when she watched rita sing she started understanding how much she loved to sing and that made her happy!
shareYou completely missed her mother's intentions and why she kept a firm hand, don't talk about stuff you can't understand.
shareI think Roger Ebert put it best:
"We even get the obligatory Dramatic Late Arrival Shot near the end. You know the shot. One of the talented kids has a mother who forbids her to perform. The kid goes on anyway. Just when she's in the spotlight for her big number, the door opens at the back of the auditorium, and who walks in? The mother, of course, who in a later shot inevitably allows herself to relent, smile and be proud of her kid after all. Somebody could get rich taking out copyrights on cliches like that."
The mother was completely unreasonable but frightened. At least she came around, which shows that she cares about her child and not herself.
What I don't understand is how she just seemed to zoom on down to "Hollywood" from San Francisco so fast! If she's living in a depressed neighborhood and doing hair in her kitchen, then I assume she is not exactly rich. So how did she get almost 400 miles so quickly? To say nothing of the brothers, Father Maurice and "Crispie" getting there in one piece.
Rita's Mom seems to be Caribbean. Caribbean mothers (like mine) are just like her. My mom (Jamaican and works works works) is just like Rita's Mom that I just laugh. Her Mom was pissed that Rita disobeyed her, so she "marched" over to Hollywood to drag her back and show her who's boss. But of course, she's not gonna embarrass herself in front of so much people so she saw Rita already on stage so she sat down, waiting for her to finish. Sitting down watching, she realizes just how good her girl is at singing and sees how happy she is and all that emotional stuff. Rita's Mom reminds me SO much of a lot of Caribbean Moms.
Well on her getting to Hollywood so fast, it looks like she came home that same evening that Rita and the choir left. The choir looked like they got there really early for rehearsals signing in and getting ready. Mom's didn't get there until like hours later which does make good sense. Mom probably drives.
*This has been a Queen M Production*
well near as far as I can tell, rita never explained what the choir was for, my guess is her mother just assumed that it was extra curricular, and refused to discuss it or even learn the real reason for it.
shareI think that Sister Act 2 is an important movie for parents to watch with their children, because it shows both of them that not all parents are as supporting of their child's dream. it is important for parents to support their kids -
"Fran-K" says it best "No one has ever cared what we' been good at, 'cept for Sister Mary Clarance and her home-girls up there!" The scene with Rita and Mary Clarance discussing "Letters From A Young Poet" (which I have yet to readm but it is on my list), also illustrates this.
Parenting is not about domineering your will over your children. Parenting is about guiding your children with a firm hand and an open heart. The more domineering a parent is, the faster and farther a child will get away from that environment. If you guide your child instead of pushing them, the son or daughter will feel confident about coming to you with any and all concerns or problems, and the more they will actually WANT their parents to share in their joys and sorrows, too.
That's just all I have to say about that. Feel free to discuss.