His dream was to do wine etc regardless if a set in stone profitable biz. The mother had it right.


>It's a Netflix movie so it's a pretty low bar for me to be
>entertained (e.g., Bird Box) but three was an underlying
>subtext of the film that bothered me. Perhaps a Spolier: I
>feel like the underlying premise (or subtext) of the movie is
>that Elijah wanted more than his simple black family had to
>offer and he would not find happiness until he was able to
>enter the white world of being a sommelier. I mean dude had
>an opportunity to be the owner of a thriving black restaurant
>business to chase an opportunity to work in a white
>restaurant? Why is that the goal? Because one is upscale and
>the other is downscale?
>
>I must admit. My opinion is shaded by the fact that I think a
>large part of the wine scene is pretentious as hell. I
>couldn't make it through Sideways. So I was watching the
>movie and couldn't get into his struggle to become a sommelier
>and had not alot of interest in learning what it takes to
>become one. Throw the racial element on top of that and I was
>done.
>
>I don't want to knock a black film too much publically but
>yeah...
>
>I could be reading too much into it so I am curious to see if
>anyone else had the same takeaway.
>
>
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>"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then
>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
>
>"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"