Real Women Have Curves
"Real Women Have Curves" is both a movie and a play about a plus-sized Mexican-American teenager named Ana, who is on the verge of entering womanhood. She lives in a very poor and unimproved Latino community with her old-fashioned parents who tried to turn her into the picture perfect bachelorette to start a family. Her mother (Mrs. Carmen) is tough on her because she firmly believes that in attempt to embrace the American Dream, you must be thin, married and a mother. Not only does Ana have to suffer from these overbearing expectations, but she is also forced by her mother to work in a sewing factory owned by her sister, Anita. Having recently graduated from high school, she is a very talented writer, so pursues college. Ana secretly applied and excitedly receives a full scholarship to Columbia in New York. Now the only obstacle that stands in her way from reaching for the stars is her strict and hypercritical mother. Nevertheless, with her gift she knows she could make it in the real world even if it means rebelling away from her mother's wishes. Will she be torn by her straightforward ambitions or face facts and join her hard working team in the "sweatshop" life? In the end she chooses her goals over her cultural heritage, this leads her into thinking positively that she can overcome any restrictions that may come her way. While observing both genres, Play and Movie, both have many similarities and differences seen specifically in its scene and characterization.
The Play and movie are not the same in the way that they handle relationships. A scene from the movie where Ana is leaving and she tries to say good bye to her mother. Ana and her mother have different points of views which set their relationship to a negative standard. Ana tries hard to convince her mother that her going off to college is going to pay off in the future. Another argument that recognized from the play is when Dona Carmen says to Ana “Your husband not going to...