Omar and Jonny's Struggle for Freedom in the Film, My Beautiful Launderette
Erika lalonde
July 11 2013
“ My Beautiful Laundrette” : Omar and Jonny’s Struggle For Freedom
After watching “My Beautiful Laundrette”, I feel disappointed with conformist ideas of Britain’s society in 1980s. The film shows a love affair between English men that are different race, class, politics and ethnicity. Johnny and Omar sincerely struggle to form their personal identity under the control of Britain’s social sigma’s and relatives. Both Boys give up their freedoms as young adults to reach a desirable utopian lifestyle in their future. Johnny and Omar are non –conformist individuals, who believe they can live the life they want, by working within a business system created by Omar’s Uncles. They both have very different approaches to find happiness they desire during this time.
Johnny’s character is a great example of a social anarchist that opposes authority to support human relations. He has found peace after his violent teenage hood to accept his friend, Omar as a kind hearted human and not as high class, Pakistani; immigrant like the rest of society views him. As an anarchist Johnny, is scrutinized by Omar’s family, for not adapting to a system he doesn’t believe in. Johnny’s strong individualism teaches Omar to express his human right to build his own reality within the society they were brought into and not to run away from it like his sister did. Johnny is so humanly driven he ditched his peer’s to enter a homosexual relationship with Omar, simply because they do not accept his values. He is a true anarchist that co-operates as equals and not discriminating another person’s sexual orientation, class, race or ethnicity.
Omar character is closely linked with Johnny’s ambition towards opposing the mass conformist ideas. Omar left his life taking care of his alcoholic father to finally experience a life of his own. He introduced Johnny to his family business as a partner and not a slave to his Pakistani family. Omar character is built on
July 11 2013
“ My Beautiful Laundrette” : Omar and Jonny’s Struggle For Freedom
After watching “My Beautiful Laundrette”, I feel disappointed with conformist ideas of Britain’s society in 1980s. The film shows a love affair between English men that are different race, class, politics and ethnicity. Johnny and Omar sincerely struggle to form their personal identity under the control of Britain’s social sigma’s and relatives. Both Boys give up their freedoms as young adults to reach a desirable utopian lifestyle in their future. Johnny and Omar are non –conformist individuals, who believe they can live the life they want, by working within a business system created by Omar’s Uncles. They both have very different approaches to find happiness they desire during this time.
Johnny’s character is a great example of a social anarchist that opposes authority to support human relations. He has found peace after his violent teenage hood to accept his friend, Omar as a kind hearted human and not as high class, Pakistani; immigrant like the rest of society views him. As an anarchist Johnny, is scrutinized by Omar’s family, for not adapting to a system he doesn’t believe in. Johnny’s strong individualism teaches Omar to express his human right to build his own reality within the society they were brought into and not to run away from it like his sister did. Johnny is so humanly driven he ditched his peer’s to enter a homosexual relationship with Omar, simply because they do not accept his values. He is a true anarchist that co-operates as equals and not discriminating another person’s sexual orientation, class, race or ethnicity.
Omar character is closely linked with Johnny’s ambition towards opposing the mass conformist ideas. Omar left his life taking care of his alcoholic father to finally experience a life of his own. He introduced Johnny to his family business as a partner and not a slave to his Pakistani family. Omar character is built on