According to Mee and Dowling (2003), films are cultural products which represent places and their people, and therefore bring a perception of the world. Analyzing film seems to be a fascinating way to see how intercultural concepts represented in the world, and among people. My big fat wedding also is a popular Hollywood film which is relevant and valuable to the course of intercultural communication.
My big fat Greek wedding is a Canadian-American romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick, released in 2002. The film tells a story about Toula Portokalos, a 30-yeard-old Greek girl, who live in the traditional values of the Greeks, spend youth working in the family’s store. Her life goes on seemingly boring and she is becoming increasingly …show more content…
The Greeks do it together, people together contribute plan, not just an individual do. Toula’s wedding must be held in Aphrodite's Palace, a big and traditional church so that all of her relatives can come, not just in a club as Ian’s parents think normally. Even long guest-list for the wedding, Toula’s father tends to invite all of relatives, instead of the couple want to hold a small one.
Another scene that shows collectivism is when Mr. Portokalos give the couple a gift. That is a house which is next to the house of Toula’s family. Even when Toula got married and normally live with her husband, her father still wants to stay nearer her so that they seem to be still live together. The Greeks want to live nearly as the collective group.
III. Conclusion
As the course of intercultural communication, My big fat wedding definitely an useful source which help highlight the features of culture dimensions. The analysis just described in detail two of the culture dimensions, which are traditionalism and collectivism versus individualism. Through analyzing the film, people may gain cultural knowledge, particularly Greek culture. Moreover, people will improve their intercultural competence whenever having chance to contact with these kinds of
My big fat Greek wedding is a Canadian-American romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick, released in 2002. The film tells a story about Toula Portokalos, a 30-yeard-old Greek girl, who live in the traditional values of the Greeks, spend youth working in the family’s store. Her life goes on seemingly boring and she is becoming increasingly …show more content…
The Greeks do it together, people together contribute plan, not just an individual do. Toula’s wedding must be held in Aphrodite's Palace, a big and traditional church so that all of her relatives can come, not just in a club as Ian’s parents think normally. Even long guest-list for the wedding, Toula’s father tends to invite all of relatives, instead of the couple want to hold a small one.
Another scene that shows collectivism is when Mr. Portokalos give the couple a gift. That is a house which is next to the house of Toula’s family. Even when Toula got married and normally live with her husband, her father still wants to stay nearer her so that they seem to be still live together. The Greeks want to live nearly as the collective group.
III. Conclusion
As the course of intercultural communication, My big fat wedding definitely an useful source which help highlight the features of culture dimensions. The analysis just described in detail two of the culture dimensions, which are traditionalism and collectivism versus individualism. Through analyzing the film, people may gain cultural knowledge, particularly Greek culture. Moreover, people will improve their intercultural competence whenever having chance to contact with these kinds of