igmentation problem.
"Pigmentation" is a medical word relating to the color of human skin.
No matter what case some bastard can make against you getting married…..
there would only be one thing worse, and that’s if you didn’t get married.
A "bastard" is a crude slang term for a mean, cruel or abusive man.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Some Potential Questions for ESL Class Discussion
1. How much have things changed since 1967? Would a marriage between a black and
a white person still be shocking in the United States? What about your country?
2. Matt Drayton wasn’t personally racist, but he was very concerned about how difficult
it would be for John and Joanna, given how many racist people there were in the world;
Is this a legitimate concern? Enough to be opposed to the marriage, on those grounds alone?
3. Is the gay desire to have society accept their marriages today similar to what
biracial couples went through 40 years ago? Do you think it’s the same?
How? How is it different?
4. Was it surprising to you that various black characters
were as opposed to the marriage as some of the whites?
5. Were there other reasons to be opposed to the
marriage that had nothing to do with race?
6.. Was John right to tell Joanna’s parents that he wouldn’t marry her
unless they completely approved? Isn’t that a little too conservative?
7. Would Joanna and John make a good couple?
8. Has this film aged well? Why or why not?
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