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in reply to a message by Pavlos
Heheh, I just *knew* you'd be up to stuff like Toula's brother does, Pavlos. ;)
Yes, I guess the movie was kinda stereotypical. But reviewers over here noted that the Greek family could have been *any* ethnic family here in America -- Jewish, Italian, Chinese, whatever. And I agree with that. There were just so many hilarious family scenes in that movie that could have been easily interchangable with anyone's particular ethnic family. I mean, doesn't every ethnic family have a smartass (but basically cool) brother who gives the "outsider" a hard time? Doesn't every ethnic family have a proud patriarch like Toula's dad? And then there's the patriarch's patient wife who ultimately shows who's *really* in charge of things. I absolutely loved what Toula's mom said to Toula: "The man is the head. But the woman is the neck. And the neck can turn the head any way she wants to." lol.
Pavlos, sometimes Toula's name appears as "Phortoula" instead of "Photoula" in some movie reviews. Is this an error? Or is Phortoula an alternate spelling of Photoula?
-- Nanaea
Yes, I guess the movie was kinda stereotypical. But reviewers over here noted that the Greek family could have been *any* ethnic family here in America -- Jewish, Italian, Chinese, whatever. And I agree with that. There were just so many hilarious family scenes in that movie that could have been easily interchangable with anyone's particular ethnic family. I mean, doesn't every ethnic family have a smartass (but basically cool) brother who gives the "outsider" a hard time? Doesn't every ethnic family have a proud patriarch like Toula's dad? And then there's the patriarch's patient wife who ultimately shows who's *really* in charge of things. I absolutely loved what Toula's mom said to Toula: "The man is the head. But the woman is the neck. And the neck can turn the head any way she wants to." lol.
Pavlos, sometimes Toula's name appears as "Phortoula" instead of "Photoula" in some movie reviews. Is this an error? Or is Phortoula an alternate spelling of Photoula?
-- Nanaea
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