I hate team sports, okay? But I loved Bend It Like Beckham, which I saw for the first time last night.

Of course the film isn't really about football/soccer anyway. It's about having a dream that doesn't fit in with the traditionalist view of your family, whether it's parents who feel you should follow the customs of the old country or a mom who wants you to be "girlie."

BTW, James watched the Sikh marriage ceremony with interest. "What's the difference between this and an Italian wedding?" :-) Besides the clothing, the food, and the language--not much. All tradional ethnic weddings seem to be like this--a formal situation followed by merry singing, dancing, and eating. It's only the humorless weddings we have today, with everything stiff and formal and planned activities for photographic moments and expensive outfits and dinners that seem to have lost all the spontaneous joy out of the event.

I may have to get the DVD...

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