Y Tu Mama Tambien blog posting by Renee Williams

Aggggghhh where to start? Culture shock or shock value?

I don't really believe this film has any leg to stand on to be considered a film for culture in the Spanish -Speaking World college class, let alone considered a social storytelling film. American culture also has the same issues of teenagers when faced with boredom and no parental guidance. I don't see how I could use this film as an example in my final paper to articulate the differences between American and Spanish Culture. Yes, their were interludes of a narrator giving description of the economic and political issues. And we all witnessed the political demonstration in the streets.......but that was it.

I feel that this film was based more on running away from reality peppered with sex, drugs and immaturity rather than a coming of age film.

Where were the parents? They were involved in their own lives rather than their children's. When Tenoch, Julio, and Luisa were at the bar in the state of inebriation the comment was made "Y Tu Mama Tambien?" (And you mother, too). Was it meant in a playful way or was this the director/writer's way of explaining where and how their parental guidance begins.