Michael Cruz

Art is always an object of fascination to anthropologists because it reflects the psychological, political, social, and philosophical states of the group in study. This movie to me, is a perfect reflection on those four areas not because it advances an agenda per se but because it’s a comedy and the philosophical groundwork for it is never questioned. For example, in multiple scenes and lines in the movie, we see the rejection of our culture to commit to a romantic relationship properly. In a particular scene, a girl is called by a guy her “partner”. What? On a similar note, we can see our culture’s attitude towards career success and family. When the parents are talking together, they make fun of a mother who decided to fully take care of her kids at the expense of her career. Sunny’s wife does not know her own kids because she’s so busy building a career. What does this say about how we view kids? Armando’s “family” is a tortoise; that’s such a flawed understanding of what family is. Huck represents what we as post-freudian people experience, the inner desires are put above our duties and responsibilities as members of a society. All of this to say, this movie was a great display of the future (and current) state of our culture if we keep following the Nietczhean way of life and reject that which is true, good, and beautiful.