My roommate listens to gansta rap. It’s all about black people shooting each other and selling drugs and, when it is happy, driving cars and sleeping with hos. It doesn’t appeal to me, but he is from the inner city and I understand that it appeals to him. Little Women, to me, is like gansta rap. The lyrics in some songs are great, my favorite: “I wear a gun like a girtle/ My bullet proof car got me feelin’ like a turtle”-Lil’ Wayne in “I’m a G.” It’s clever and funny. Little Women is also clever and funny, but serious too. It’s a wonderful story about wonderful people doing wonderful things- but even Jo seems too good to be true. It seems like a morality play, to teach women how to be good. I suppose where it might be revolutionary, would be that part of this good is strength. The most interesting parts are when Jo rejects Laurie or remembers him with mixed emotions. But let’s face it, Laurie’s a bit of a loser.
I think the film caught the “feel” of the novel. It’s a story where the people never dissapoint me, which is kinda boring. I’ll edit this later, or comment on it, as I’m sure class will start to change my mind.