Movie: “You People”

Written By Brandon Douglas

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WHAT TO LEARN

Netflix’s new romantic dramedy, featuring Hollywood A-listers like Jonah Hill (The Wolf On Wall Street, Superbad), Eddie Murphy (Shrek, Dr. Doolittle) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Veep), explores the delicate nature of interracial relationships in modern-day United States. The movie covers a variety of language-related elements, which advanced learners of the English language can benefit from diving into. Together, these elements help to immerse the learner in the culture of the American language. Said elements include: American culture, Black culture, AAVE, informal language, slang, discrimination (race, religion, microaggressions), religion (Judaism, Islam), relationships (friendship, dating, engagement, family, in-laws, allyship), love and romance, humour, career, dreams, empathy and understanding, forgiveness, and so much more…!

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