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Uncle Joe

(65,520 posts) Thu Aug 14, 2025, 06:49 PM Aug 2025

Dear God, make me a bird...

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Dear God, make me a bird... (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2025 OP

Two great performances by those kids. Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #1

I thought so too. Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #2

P.S. I also thought the symbolism was powerful Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #3

What is this from? bif Aug 2025 #4

"Forrest Gump" Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #5

Xavier Breath

(6,674 posts)

1. Two great performances by those kids.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 07:05 PM

Aug 2025

Uncle Joe

(65,520 posts)

2. I thought so too.

Reply to Xavier Breath (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 07:06 PM

Aug 2025

Uncle Joe

(65,520 posts)

3. P.S. I also thought the symbolism was powerful

Reply to Xavier Breath (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 02:47 AM

Aug 2025

Last edited Fri Aug 15, 2025, 03:22 AM - Edit history (1)

in this scene. The cornfield being three things at once, sustenance, shelter, and prison while the birds were freedom.

Finally, the bottle of whiskey carried by her abusing parent could've been distilled from this same cornfield to its most toxic form during his childhood which consumed him. Symbolic of the potential for the victim to become the abuser.

That's my deep dive analysis.

bif

(27,228 posts)

4. What is this from?

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 02:40 PM

Aug 2025

Uncle Joe

(65,520 posts)

5. "Forrest Gump"

Reply to bif (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 02:43 PM

Aug 2025

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