Movie Suggestion: We're The Millers

Like mentioned in the beginning of the semester, carnivals are times to forget about all realities and societal rules. On stage, every actor puts on a new identity with only one goal, to entertain the audience while having fun.

Very much like the carnival times, We’re the Millers is a movie centered around a family trying to get across the borders of Mexico and back. But wait, they are not there for vacation. Instead, they are there trying to smuggle weed into the United States. They are not a real family either. They are just a made-up family consisting of a drug dealer (David, daddy), a stripper (Rose, mummy), a dorky virgin (Kenny, son) and a run-away girl (Casey, daughter).

It was interesting to watch this family trying to lie their way out of being a fake family while possessing a whole trailer worth of weed. Watching them working their way around each other’s lies and coming up with more lies to cover up for previous lies reminded me of the Broken Jug. Just like how Adam was always busy coming up with lies to cover up his relationship with Eve, the Millers are the exact same chaos of tangling deceptions. In an effort to keep a straight face in front of the public, they became over friendly and even found themselves stuck being friends of another family which made lying and staying on the real goal of smuggling weed even more difficult.

Besides, David’s intentions of smuggling the weed was so that he could pay back his debts and keep his life. Unlike Mrs. Wolff in the Beaver Coat, David has to do what he did in the movie to stay alive, it wasn't an action taken out of the desire for a more luxurious life. It was a crime of necessity instead of greed for wealth. Therefore, I think this would be a good movie to share with the class in continuation of the theme of plays for the past few weeks.