Outsourced Collectivistic Culture

In the movie Outsourced, differences between cultures is a major plot element. One of the differences that exists within the film are aspects of collectivistic culture, which involves putting your family, community, and employers before yourself (Floyd 42), and individualistic culture, which involves looking out for yourself (Floyd 42). Both of which become present throughout the movie in the form of arranged marriages and family life.
An example of the collectivistic culture in the film comes in the form of arranged marriages. For Puro he could not get engaged to his fiancé until he made a decent wage. This is likely due in part to the fact that Puro’s money would be both his and his fiancé’s families’ money once they married. So, it would be important to marry someone who was not only going to benefit you, but your family as well. The same could be said for Asha, who has been engaged since she was only four years old. And she may have grown to have feelings for Todd, her intentions were to still go through with the marriage to save face not only for herself, but …show more content…
Asha and her friend for example, are both women who were engaged to be married to other men, but still developed feelings for men who were not their fiancés and went as far as to act on those feelings. Even though Asha’s friend still went through with her marriage, the fact that she snuck around with this other man would still be seen as not only incredibly risky, but also incredibly selfish. It was a decision that she made while thinking only about what she wanted instead of what would be best for both her and her family. Asha displays aspects of individualistic culture again when she and Todd sneak away from the other call center employees for some alone time. While they are alone, Asha explains that she has always had to fight and work hard for the things that she’s wanted like going to a