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This 4 page paper examines this 1995 film about a family that has unraveled. The protagonist is an alcoholic, but a Marxist analysis sees the cause of the social problems as attributable to socioeconomic factors.
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into his teen years and has endured a great deal of trouble. Boogie is one of five children and the family struggles with financial issues. Grace is one of their
daughters who is very important to the plot line. Yet, the problem is more significant than mere unemployment. Jake is an alcoholic and either gambles or drinks away that little
money they have. The family must endure Jakes drinking parties and binges. He is also physically abusive. For every battered woman, there is usually a turning point. And
finally, because of what is done to thirteen year old Grace, Beth leaves and goes back to the indigenous culture from which she came. In fact, from a contemporary psychological
point of view, one can say that Beth is a brave battered woman who finally helped herself and her children. She returned to her roots, which is quite admirable. She
would leave a selfish, alcoholic husband who would never stop the abuse. He would have to hit bottom in order to change. Beth is a victim of these social problems
but mostly a victim of alcoholism. At least that is the typical interpretation of such a situation. A Marxist socioeconomic approach might yield a very different analysis. In the
film, Jake is unemployed. The family lives off the dole but it seems that whatever money they have Jake misuses. The film suggests that Jake is unemployed due to alcoholism
and that is how many reviewers interpret the predicament. However, Marx would likely say that it is not the alcohol abuse that it problematic, but the system that spawns alcoholism.
In other words, if Jake were able to find satisfactory employment, where he would feel fulfilled and not alienated, then the rest of his life would be fine. The gambling,
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