Import Subcultures // More Kelly Loves Tony

Melissa Chow
23^rd May, 2017

Initially the article outlines the basic plot of the first, “Fast and Furious” movie before getting into depth about the origin of the masculinity of street car racing in America. I have actually never watched any movie in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, so I’m a bit lost in it all, but I am familiar with the “use” of Asian Americans in American media. When filmmakers want a “diverse cast” they basically just choose one person of every ethnicity. It reminded me of the Disney movie, “Big Hero 6”. In the original comics by Marvel, all the main characters were of Japanese descent because the storyline was in Japan. But Disney wanted a diverse cast, so they changed many of the races of the characters rather than sticking to the Japanese cast. I was pretty disappointed with that change, but the film did extremely well regardless of how I felt about it. The article goes on to describe the significance of cars as an American symbol, and I can definitely agree with that. I think most cars in America are actually Japanese, like Hondas, Toyotas, and Mitsubishi cars. But when we think of like, sports cars, and the big cars that are actually connected to the American symbol, I think Hummers and Ford cars play a bigger role despite not being as popular as Japanese cars. I don’t know. To be honest, this reading was really hard for me to understand because I have never read up on cars, have never had an interest in cars, and likely never will.

We watched more of the film, “Kelly Loves Tony” and things seemed to be worse for the young couple. During the first part of the film, I had thought that Kelly’s relationship with Tony was a bit rocky. I don’t think they had known each other for very long before Kelly became pregnant. Well, then again, I guess it’s normal for couples to not always get along, but their argument kinda seemed really big. It was concerning in particular because Tony would say that Kelly is a bit crazy as if that was the only way she could be upset with him. I think anyone undergoing as much stress and responsibility as Kelly would also probably become upset easily. It just made me think that there’s an obvious disconnect between Tony who is more traditional and Kelly who want to be strong and independent without other’s influences. Then again, she got pregnant that second time so I’m not sure what there was to be done. That part was really sad.