Come in for the lovely leg of lamb... and the gorgeous green peas...and the floury white potatoes.
Seriously, who stands at their door and shouts this?! That woman always bugs me.
It bugged me too.
But I thought that maybe she said it the way she did because she doesn't have that kind of food at all but only wanted to brag a little bit in front of her neighbours who are much poorer than her.
I don't think she said it to boast. I think she wanted to get her point across to Malachy snr that he needs to get off his butt and support his family. The look on Angela's face shows mixed emotions. Kinda like, "YEAH, you tell 'im!" and one of "back off!" loyalty to her husband. Either way, I'm sure she felt humilated many a time by their abject poverty and her crap-useless husband.
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I saw it the way Gina did. I got the impression she wasn't bragging to the whole nieghborhood but perhaps trrying to drive home the point that Angela could be shouting the same things as well if Malachy would get off his bum.
I mean, the woman lives in the same neighborhood, so she obviously isn't much better off than they are. But at least her kids are fed. Malachy has the nerve to get mad at her while he was sitting there reading the paper. Meanwhile, his kids are still running around hungry and in tore up shoes while all the other kids are going in to dinner.
I really didn't see any mixed emotions on Angela's face at that moment though. To me she seems irritated at Malachy because of that woman. It just REMINDED her that they're in that situation because of her husband, and suddenly watching him sit there and read the paper when they have no food for thier kids made her resent him.
When the hurly-burly's done. When the battle's lost and won.
I have seen this flick 10 times LOL I bought the book but havent started it yet.
I cant help but get even more angry at Angela for allowing the jerk to mount her on a regular basis and let him sleep off a drunk when he was due at work! The movie wasnt clear about that night he came home singing and falls on the pee bucket. All that is said is he overslept and lost his job.
I realize an irish catholic woman was suppose to be submissive but geeeeze, isnt there a limit as to how much nonsense your expected to put up with?. When she finally said feck off, no more ,notice he moved out. That fiqures! Good ridence IMO
I thought the movie did a good job of giving me a love/hate kind of emotion towards Malachy, so I could of understand why Angela put up with him so long.
What I couldn't understand was why didn't she do more to make sure she had any more Malachy made before he spent it. I would just have to be judged for not being a submissing wife. It's better than letting my kids starve.
For example, they knew there would be money for the baby, but only Malachy and the two boys go and pick the money up. And true to form, as soon as the money graces Malachy's finger tips he's off to the pub, leaving the two boys to beg thier dad to give them the money.
If I were Angela, I wouldn't care how many kids I'd have to drag down there with us. I would've followed him and made sure after picking up the money we picked up milk for the baby and food for the children.
When the hurly-burly's done. When the battle's lost and won.
If I were Angela, I wouldn't care how many kids I'd have to drag down there with us. I would've followed him and made sure after picking up the money we picked up milk for the baby and food for the children.I could be wrong, but I think the book was clearer on this than the movie: she was rather weak after having just given birth, so that's why she didn't accompany Malachy. I'm sure she regretted it.
In the book it describes how when the family lived in NY, Angela would pack up the 4 boys (this was when the twins were babies) and go to wherever Malachy was working and she would ask for his paycheck. Obviously they wouldn't give it to her so they would wait for hours outside of the factory. Her eyesight was apparently really bad because she would say how she couldn't see. Malachy would get by them and then she and the 4 kids would hunt for him in every bar they could find only to finally have to go home so the kids could get eat what they did have and rest. It was a very sad situation. I think by the time they got to Ireland Angela was simply worn out.
In this particular scene Angela had just given birth. If you've never given birth, you really can't understand how you can't just get up and walk much of anywhere. Remember, she also gave birth in less than ideal circumstances so that just makes it all the harder.
In Tis I think Angela goes a little more into depth about her feelings towards Malachy. She says he was the best husband and father when he wasn't drinking. He was sweet and kind to her and helped the kids with their homework, taught them things etc. There was love/hate relationship between the entire family and him. They loved the man he was when he wasn't drinking but hated the drunk he became when he drank. I love how Frank McCourt compared his father to the Holy Trinity. 3 people in 1 person. The man that helped his kids with homework and told them stories, the man that got up early to start the fire and get breakfast for his kids, read the paper with Frank and told him stories and the man that came home dead drunk, woke his young children and made them promise to die for Ireland.
Very well said
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