Still, we often celebrate and raise up certain titles as the seminal texts on womanhood.
I was about 11, and my mum flicked on live TV to see thatMuriels Weddingwas halfway through.
It was such a jarring realization of how two people can experience a film so differently.
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It only made me more appreciative of the films intelligence and power.
There is something so prophetic aboutMuriels Weddingand its use of ABBA’s music.
You think of ABBA in movies, andMamma Mia!springs to mind.
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ABBAs raw humanity and honesty that mixes darkness with light has made them the perfect band for the screen.
This entire fantasy looms large overMuriels Wedding, despite it not existing when the movie came out.
She wants to win in life, and the prize is a life straight out of an ABBA song.
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Just look at the context of their first meeting on Hibiscus Island.
Because of Rhonda, her life is that much closer to being as good as an ABBA song.
Muriel has finally become self-actualized and can advocate for herself.
Rhonda has been beaten down by life, unable to walk ever again as a result of a tumor.
In unison, they scream with glee, Goodbye Porpoise Spit!
Who knows, maybe they do end up falling in love romantically.
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But it doesnt matter.
On its 30th anniversary,Muriel’s Weddingremains a seminal text in the cinematic portfolio of womanhood.
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