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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about My Beautiful Laundrette |
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Set in Thatcher's Britain in the early 1980s, this story centers on Omar, a Pakistani boy who takes care of his alcoholic father and is given control of his uncle Nasser's laundromat. Johnny, a friend from school days who has hooked up with a racist punk gang and is rejected by both the Asian community and whites, reconnects with Omar and decides to help him turn the laundromat into a sort of disco washeteria. Though they become lovers, that part is handled matter-of-factly; the story centers on economic, racist, and family themes. Day-Lewis was well on his way to becoming a star after playing Johnny in this 1985 film, directed by Stephen Frears, who later did "Dangerous Liaisons," "The Grifters," and "High Fidelity."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE was an early art film by Neil Jordan, the director of THE CRYING GAME and INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. It involves Johnny (Daniel-Day Lewis), a working class punk rocker from the south of London, and his Pakistani lover Omo. Both from the outskirts of society, they set about opening a discoteque-inspired laundromat: a symbol of their working class backgrounds and their hollywood-inspired dreams of greatness. The sharp contrast between Omo's wealthy immigrant family and Johnny's fascist punk gang, is overcome by a sweet, dreamy love story. A frothy confection that nevertheless examines painful insights into the fringes of European society.
--johnny d., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of My Beautiful Laundrette |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- businessman, small
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Indian Indian
Culture of surrounding area:
- British
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- blue collar
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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