Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Reflection
This film was about how Joanna "Joey" Drayton comes to her parents' house in San Francisco after a trip to Hawaii with her fiancé, the highly qualified Dr. John Prentice, so they can meet him. Her father, Matt Drayton, is the publisher-editor of the newspaper The Guardian, and her mother, Christina Drayton, owns an art gallery. Joey, who received a liberal arts education, plans to wed Dr. John Prentice, a Black widower who must depart that evening for Geneva to work for the World Health Organization. The pair takes a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco without realizing that Joey is white, and Joey extends an invitation to John's parents to join her family for dinner. Christina also extends an invitation to her family's liberal friend Monsignor Ryan.
I can see how some people may interpret Dr. Prentice's contempt for his father. Dr. Prentice, however, wished for his father to see that his son is an autonomous, free-thinking adult. The next thing that Dr. Prentice said to his father, as his countenance softened and he showed his appreciation, is something that must be acknowledged and was not included in the previous post. "You are my father, and I love you forever," I said. Regarding whether their marriage would last, I sympathize with Spencer Tracy, the father of the young girls, and what he said toward the close of the film.
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