I wasn't able to talk with KOL in June about this movie, but hopefully he'll also write down some thoughts about it, if he did get a chance to see it.
Eagle vs. Shark
"I know he’s in there somewhere. A little boy who loves to play... In the end that’s all you have. Hope." Rosie in
Jo Jo RabbitI spend a good portion of this movie being rather angry. When Jarrod says to Lily, "You don't complain about anything, do you?"
I say, "No shit, Sherlock!" Lily's been nothing but accommodating, while he's been arrogantly denying his own self hatred and projecting it onto everyone else, including her. She's willing to take it and I at first think it's because she's needy and I may be right, but I also may not be giving her enough credit. Either she has an arc, where she finds her worth in his absence and then forgives, or she wasn't accommodating at all, but rather she merely accepted him all along, having a better understanding of him than he did himself. It doesn't dawn on me why he is the way he is until I see the family dynamics unfold and reveal how his self hatred developed. Curse you, Waititi!, for letting me think one thing and then confronting me with my own sense of superiority about the situation. I still may be frustrated with the way he treated her (and concerned that he will continue to do so), but I'm also now acutely aware that Lily may have things well in hand and doesn't need my indignation.