My mother and me.
My mother and me. By Ollie So, this weekend I finally got round to watching ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, and as expected, it was incredible. Tarantino style fight scenes, an original plot and trippy vfx, very up my alley. But what resonated with me most about the movie was the mother-daughter relationship between Evelyn and Joy. Coincidentally, I had done this TikTok trend where you put pictures of your mother when she was younger against those of you as a child to ‘A Drag Path’, by 21 Pilots. So, as you can imagine it was quite an emotional day. The basis of the movie is that Joy, is a young queer person, struggling with existential dread and nihilism whilst fighting with her traditional, conservative and small-minded mother. This is something which I can relate to from my own experiences growing up. I have always been a deep thinker, and from as early as I can remember, I was always floored by the idea that everyone I love including myself would die one day. That we onl...