Dear Anse,
Please shut your mouth and annunciate when you speak!! It is actually painful listening to you talk and your teeth are just disgusting. I understand that you do not have the money to fix your grotesque oral situation, but spare everyone else from the sight of your mouth. Just wondering... how many flies have you eaten and how dry is your tongue?
On the other side though, you do a good job of portraying how dirt poor and thick skulled you are. I can't believe you sent your sons to make three dollars when your wife is on her death bed! It is so inconsiderate and morbid because you knew she was going to die. So, in total what I have gotten out of this movie is that you have bad teeth and hygiene and you care more about money than you dying wife, whose last wish is to see Jewel.
In closing, CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND BE CONSIDERATE,
Maddie Gergar
These frustrating scenes with Anses mouth wide open were very frustrating to me and the other people in clAss. It took away from the overall plot and movie, even though this movie was not very good in the first place. Although this part of Anses character was very frustrating, I think his character as a whole matched the character in the novel. He has the same attitude and lifestyle as the Anse in the novel, and I think James Franco did a great job with matching Anse in the novel with Anse in the movie.
ReplyDeleteYes, understanding Anse through his mouthfuls of tobacco, jimson weed, and other substances combined with his bumbling array of chiclet teeth is difficult. And his mouth is not the most pleasant site to gaze at either. We also know that Anse is not a likable character based on his descriptions and actions in the book and as seen in the Franco movie. However, I think to reprimand Anse for something he has little control over and to simply disregard him as "grotesque" and inconsiderate is to miss the point of Anse's role in Faulkner's novel and trivializes the greater societal issues in the South at the time and currently. Anse represents the poverty and lack of education in the South and specifically in rural Mississippi. Anse cannot be blamed for his annunciations nor his his teeth as much as a Severn student cannot be blamed for wearing a uniform. I believe that Anse's lack of linguistic skills and lack of teeth are a result of circumstance more than they are a reflection of his character.
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