Whats Love Got to Do With It is a 1993 film by Brian Gibson,with maybe some familiar names such as Ike and Tina Turner. In this movie, Tina was determined not to leave as her mother did when she was a child.She had to pay for not leaving because she endured the violence of her frustrated and unstable husband. I was able to somehow find a connection between this movie and The Yellow Wallpaper because both women experienced some type of abuse whether they considered it or not. Tina`s soul mate Ike would constantly put his hands on her without her consent. Just like the short story both women were limited to do certain things. This film and story shows how men made women feel constrained and restricted. Ike was a very controlling individual. I also think that if her husband did not have the title as a physician he would be considered crazy also. Ike only wanted Tina to sing and the husband in Yellow Wallpaper only wanted her to stay in the nursery. He would not even allow her to be with their baby until she so called got well. Both women respected the men because they felt they were right but they also did things behind their backs. No matter what they were told to do,they felt they were supposed to because it all came with love and making them better. Society has a role in both relationships because, they look at women different if they responded or even acted a certain way. At a time, both women felt that it was now time to free their selves. Tina`s escape was fighting back, getting away from Ike, and moving on to a better life. On the other hand, her freedom was destroying the yellow wallpaper that she hated so much.
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The title of your blog instantly caught my attention because I have seen the movie so many times! I would have never thought to connect it with The Yellow Wall Paper. However, the points that you made were great. I agree that both women felt trapped and were being controlled. I believe that Tina experienced the physical aspect, while the wife, in the short story, endured the mental abuse. It was relieving to see Tina free herself at the end of the movie and for the wife to finally get rid of the wall paper. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything that you have said here. I have watched this movie many times so I understand exactly what elements of the movie and "The Yellow Wallpaper" you are referring to when you compare the two. Ike was very much abusive and controlling towards Tina just like the husband was very controlling and mentally abusive towards the woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper". In the end, both women seemed to escape that life and gain some type of freedom and sense of strong will. Your comparisons were great and it was a very creative thought and comparison. Great job here!
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I seen “What’s Love got to do with it” I really gain interest in how you were going to make this connection. I did not think you would pull it off with that movie but Wow this was a great connection and I sure do agree with you JaCoreyah after reading this. We both had similar connections with the theme of it man in control who abuses his partner. My connection was with the movie “Enough” however. Everything that you said the wife went through so did Tina Turner. Both women were not physically trap but they knew that they could not do nothing that there partner did not agree on. I also like how you connected the endings when you said both of the women got free of everything that was holding them back like their husbands and society.
ReplyDeleteSo it was totally the name of your blog that made me click on it. As soon as I saw it I just burst out singing What’s Love Got to Do with It. Anyways I do see the connection that you made. In the movie there were times that Tina tried to get away but Ike never let her. I link that situation to the times when the woman in the Yellow Wallpaper made suggestions about visiting her cousins and her husband immediately disagreed. Both of these women were trapped in controlling marriages looking for some way to overcome their obstacles and be who they wanted to be.
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