Written by Lucy Alibar and Behn Zeitlin, also the director, is a movie about a sick father Wink (Dwight Wells), who from what we see is dying. He has a young daughter named Hushpuppy, (Quvenzahn Walls) who he sometimes calls “boss lady”. The two joined by his father Walrus (Lowell Landes) and Little Jo (Pamela Harper) live in a community called the “BathTub.” It is cut off by a wall called a levee. Hushpuppy attends school like most kids and with the help of Miss Bathsheba (Gina Montana) Hushpuppy learns of these creatures behind the levee called “Aurochs”. Wink knows he doesn’t have much longer to live. He is trying to toughin Hushpuppy up by showing her how to survive on her own. Him and Hushpuppy at times go at it with each other.
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When we first see Hushpuppy, she is in nothing more but dirty underwear. Wink and Hushpuppy don’t have the average father/daughter relationship. It’s kind of like he would rather have a son from the looks of things. Their morning routine seems basic. Wink pulls out a chicken from a cooler and grills it. They seem to live in separate trailers since there’s a line that stretches across and he rings it when it’s “feeding time.” In school Miss Bathsheba, teaches the students of creatures behind the levee. They are called “Aurochs”. She tells them once the ice caps melt; everything is going under. There will be no more bathtub. They live in a community they call the “BathTub”. From the looks of it, I assume the name comes from comparison of an actual bathtub. The wall that divides them from the dry side is called the levee. To travel through this water Wink and Hushpuppy use an old back of a pick-up truck back. There’s a sign on the truck Hushpuppy made that reads “The Turck”, her spelling of Truck. Wink teaches her how to fish and look for food while paddling through these waters. Wink tells Hushpuppy, “We live on the prettiest place on earth”. Not sure why, hence their living conditions aren’t sanitary in the …show more content…
This leaves Hushpuppy in charge. Kind of like she’s the new “King” of the bathtub. Some would think this movie is just about bad parenting. Not so much about survival. Kids unfortunately lose parents. I don’t think they should have to learn how to survive on their own at 7 years old. I could see a point in preparing them for the worse. However, the way Wink used this tough love on Hushpuppy, I don’t agree with. When both daughter/son and parent know, what’s going on, take that time to spend with the children. Not so much time yelling, and training them to defeat the world without them. Time is an important. It should be used
When we first see Hushpuppy, she is in nothing more but dirty underwear. Wink and Hushpuppy don’t have the average father/daughter relationship. It’s kind of like he would rather have a son from the looks of things. Their morning routine seems basic. Wink pulls out a chicken from a cooler and grills it. They seem to live in separate trailers since there’s a line that stretches across and he rings it when it’s “feeding time.” In school Miss Bathsheba, teaches the students of creatures behind the levee. They are called “Aurochs”. She tells them once the ice caps melt; everything is going under. There will be no more bathtub. They live in a community they call the “BathTub”. From the looks of it, I assume the name comes from comparison of an actual bathtub. The wall that divides them from the dry side is called the levee. To travel through this water Wink and Hushpuppy use an old back of a pick-up truck back. There’s a sign on the truck Hushpuppy made that reads “The Turck”, her spelling of Truck. Wink teaches her how to fish and look for food while paddling through these waters. Wink tells Hushpuppy, “We live on the prettiest place on earth”. Not sure why, hence their living conditions aren’t sanitary in the …show more content…
This leaves Hushpuppy in charge. Kind of like she’s the new “King” of the bathtub. Some would think this movie is just about bad parenting. Not so much about survival. Kids unfortunately lose parents. I don’t think they should have to learn how to survive on their own at 7 years old. I could see a point in preparing them for the worse. However, the way Wink used this tough love on Hushpuppy, I don’t agree with. When both daughter/son and parent know, what’s going on, take that time to spend with the children. Not so much time yelling, and training them to defeat the world without them. Time is an important. It should be used