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Paintings take on a greater meaning
after the death of its artist.
On-lookers tend to analyze every stroke
of the brush hoping to interpret some
hidden true meaning. The sudden death of
filmmaker Adrienne Shelley brought an
emotional feel to the film as Waitress,
starring actress Keri Russell opened to
rave reviews and star-plus remarks.
Simplified: Waitress is about
Jenna (Keri Russell) an
unhappily-married woman who invents pies
based on her frustrations. Her best
friends Becky (Cheryl Hines) and Dawn
(Adrienne Shelley) are who Jenna leans
on while her husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto)
beats on her. Her quest is to go to the
big city and win the big pie back off
where she’ll use the money to run away
from Earl. But plans change when an
unexpected pregnancy lands her right
back to square one.
Uniquely enough, this film hits
it on the head because lots of women in
these situations tend to take their
frustrations of being in an abused
relationship out on something other than
themselves or the people around them.
Jenna decided that her pie making would
take the brunt of it all.
Adrienne Shelly who also starred
in the film opposite Keri, played a shy,
less out-going role other than her
attempt at making a movie geared towards
women, an avenue clearly abandoned by
Hollywood.
Despite the dramedy and the
insurmountable amount of adultery,
Waitress was a bit boring
possible leaving its audience in a coma.
Clearly when a death occurs amongst the
cast a different light is shed on the
film. Taking a different avenue and
focusing directly on the subject matter
at hand, the main character Jenna who is
clearly in a bad relationship doesn’t
appear to be held against her will and
merely needs to stop thinking so much
and just leave already. The best
possible part of the film is Andy
Griffiths character Old Joe who
befriends Jenna throughout the film.
Proven true in the film elders have the
best advice as Old Joe may have possibly
saved Jenna from herself.
Hollywood’s greatest downfall is
not gearing films towards women but if
this is an only choice most women may
opt out of a sappy story.
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