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The Movie "Last Christmas" and Multi-

Engi Khaled culturalism

Political Science
Tom, the other hero, is of Asian descent. Katrina works for a Chinese
Teaching Assistant woman who has a store selling Christmas items. This woman is loved
by a Briton. And Katrina's friends are of African descent, not European.
We can say that culture is the common norms, goals and attitudes that
Also, the film refers to the bus driver who comes from India. The film
the cultural group fabricates. It is important because it covers many
once features a racist Briton who insults a man and a woman for
speaking their mother tongue on the bus. Here Katrina comes to save
faces of a man's life and it shapes his view of himself and his
them and she continues the conversation with them in their language.
relationship with others. How countries can communicate with ethnic
Economically, much of the film shows Katrina's relationship with the
and cultural minorities has become a very important thing. We can
homeless shelter. It was after Tom guided her to this to help her and
name the recent era as "The Politics of Identity". This is because of
feel that she had a mission in this world. Emotionally, romantic
minority demands for official recognition and inclusion of their
relationships are diverse. There is a marriage (between Katrina's friend
language rights and cultural and religious autonomy. These minorities and her husband). There is pure love (between Katrina's boss and the
Briton). There are bodily relationships (the relationships Katrina had
may also demand the regional economy or the most political
when she was down). There is _ I refuse of course _ homosexual
representation. And the policy of "Multiculturalism" aims to determine
relations (between Katrina's sister and her girlfriend).
the method to contain these cultural and ethnic differences in social,
economic and political organizations.
Thus, the film presents several dimensions of pluralism (national-
cultural / economic / emotional). Then, he offers the perfective method
to communicate with that: ignore and tolerate with everything. It was
There are several theoretical trends related to "the politics of
after assuring that these minorities are parties of British society. First of
multiculturalism". One of the most important trends is the "politics of
all, he said that the heroine of the film was an “immigrant” from
indifference" presented by liberal thinker "Chandren Kukathus".
Yugoslavia and that the story of the film revolved around her. Second,
According to this policy, the country should not recognize ethnic and
the hero of the film is _ also_ an Asian "immigrant" who has helped her
cultural differences. This is because the virtue of liberalism is to live organically and psychologically. Organically, he gave her his
heart; and psychologically, he advised her to live and make others
"tolerance with variety" and "the absence of moral dogmatism". He
happy. Third, there was a romantic relationship between Katrina's boss
therefore sees that the liberal country must leave men free to achieve
and a respectable British man. Fourth, she found happiness in
their goals individually or in groups. And the country's role will be to
overcoming her mother's fears and not laughing at them. Fifth, she
present the peace and the system necessary to achieve these projects
fixed the antiques she had broken for her friend's husband. And, when
she did that, she found it luckily. Sixth, the film presents the Indian as a
and goals. Subsequently, the country will not be responsible for the
driver driving the bus. It is as if we meant to say that without this
success or failure of these groups in achieving these goals and projects.
person the working life of London will end. Seventh, despite my
objection, he assures that the sister's difference (she is gay) should not
The movie "The Last Christmas" is an application of this trend. The
degrade her position in the family. Thus, the film focuses on the truth -
film begins with "Katrina" _ played by Emelia Clarke_ who wants to be
how liberals believe - that gays are _ maybe _ parties of the individual's
a singer and work in a store selling Christmas supplies. During the first family; and their exclusion would weaken the family bond. Eighth,
when Katrina cursed and mocked the British racist, the film focuses on
part of the film, she appears neglected, reckless and depressed. She
the plight of those who challenge multiculturalism. Their fate will
always makes trouble for all her friends and she hurts her family. His
mock them and their exclusion. It is because these racists refuse the
romantic relationships are not stable. We _ the viewers _ know she's
existing reality. At the end of the film, the finale featured all of the
been like this ever since she had a "heart transplant" operation. She
heroes _ who come from different cultural / ethnic / economic /
emotional affiliations _ together in the homeless shelter. They are
continues like this until she meets "Tom" who will correct her opinion
enjoying Christmas. This is in addition to the unity of "Yugoslav
on life. She will love herself until she finds out the truth: it was Tom
Katrina" and "Asian Tom". She lives with her heart and her dreams.
who gave her her heart. It was after having an accident that killed him.
And the movie doesn't say whether she would like someone else after
So Katrina understands all the mysterious things about her. After
Tom or not.
knowing the truth, Tom _ who is a ghost that no one can see except her
In short, the film may have offered the best model - from their point of
_ tells him that she must live to help others. He tells her that this is the view - for dealing with multiculturalism. It is by tolerating them, not by
intimidating them. In tolerance, Katrina's happiness came true.
method that will make her happy. Moreover, if she does this, she will
Likewise, with tolerance, the happiness of Brittany would become
assure him that her heart has not been lost in vain. In fact, during the
reality. The film emphasizes that it is the environment expected of
latter part of the movie, Katrina puts up with everything (her family,
British society that contains everyone on its land. Of course, one of the
friends, boss, and the homeless people Tom was taking care of).It's a
flaws of the film is that it doesn't mention Arabs or Muslims at all. And
this is strange because Britain is one of the most important destinations
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for Arab and Muslim immigrants. This adds to my reservations about
Kukathus trend in communicating with multiculturalism. The film
Omran , Zeina Tarek, Hana Henien, Hania Bahaa, Yassmine Gamal Hussein, Salma Bayoumi, Mariam Sultan,
seeing "homosexuality" as a minority that needs tolerance. Other than
includes a large number of minorities that Katrina meets. Culturally,
Nada Hosny, Jozeph George , Farah Ezz Eldin, Aliyaa Assem, Assile Mostafa, Rana Doss, Mirna Ossama,
that the movie was cool that we can have a good night with.
Katrina and her family are “immigrants” from Yugoslavia and had to
Farah Islam, Zeina Arafa.
move to London after violent events.
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