Family and Culture My Big Fat Greek Wedding Film Discussion

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“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” (2002)

1. What are your thoughts about pressure from parents for their children to marry? Does this differ from culture to culture? Any examples come to mind?

2. “Windex fixes everything.” Are there some sayings you’ve grown up with that may or may not be true? Why do you think these sayings or superstitions get passed down from generation to generation?

3. Because Toula is 30 years old, not married, and still working in the family restaurant, she is often compared to her older married sister. What are your thoughts about parents comparing their children to each other? What are possible outcomes when that occurs?

4. The tag line for this movie contained the phrase, “Marriage joins two families together.” How did you see the families in the movie working together to support the couple? What do you think is required for two families to successfully join together?

5. Toula and Ian have very different family and life experiences. What are some of those differences? How do you respond to the statement, “Opposites attract”?

6. What are some ways this couple might hold on to their separate heritages while creating their own family traditions?

7. It’s clear in the movie that Toula and Ian both have loving families, even though that love is demonstrated differently. Choose one character from the movie and discuss how that person showed love to others.

8. What insights from readings, assignments, forums or other avenues come to mind as you reflect on this film from the perspective of a student of the family (and I consider all of us as students of the family)?