Exploring Emotions In The Film The Mambo King

Today’s pop culture is infused with various forms of entertainment, designed to keep the masses laughing, crying, singing, believing, and yearning for more. A popular form of entertainment that technology has bestowed upon us, is the art form of cinema, Through movies, television, documentaries and biopics, we are able to view motion pictures that somehow inspire us, make us mad, make us cry, make us feel that the themes at hand relate too closely within our own lives, and make us react. Although different people may feel differing emotions after watching a film, the point is there is always going to be some type of reaction instilled in the audience as the audience may identify with a particular theme that the movie produces. Many films whether …show more content…
Although Nestor finds comfort and love again with the character Delores, the audience can feel the pain of Nestor’s heartbreak as he sings the song “Beautiful Maria of my Soul,” in Spanish. Even if audience members do not speak Spanish, hearing a man sing from his heart in his native language speaks such profound volumes as the audience is able to witness just how much Maria meant to Nestor and how much his heart yearns for her presence. Love is an emotion felt by almost all living beings and regardless of whether or not people have had bad or good experiences with love, most people yearn to be loved and to love others. Relationships dealing with love will always be experienced by humanity because love is in all walks of life. I enjoyed watching Nestor sing this song because it reminded me just how powerful love is and just how powerful we as a race of people can communicate through love. Love can be spoken, sung, written, danced, romanced, dreamed, drawn and expressed in multiple other ways. Nestor chose to express his love through song and It made me reflect how I once expressed my love through poetry. Love is something that will never fade and even when we lose love, we can always find it again somehow in a new being, a new hobby, a new hope and a …show more content…
Frida and Diego were both “not faithful, but loyal,” to one another as Diego encountered many extramarital affairs and Frida explored her bisexuality by finding comfort and solace in the hands of other male and female partners. Before they were even wed, Diego had another wife that actually discovered the pair in bed together and although this revelation would make any scorned woman angry, Diego’s wife Lupe ended up bringing the couple breakfast and making the statement, “This is his favorite, if you are here to stay you’d better learn how to make it.” Although this statement is rather bold and perplexing, it shows how powerful love and lust are as it made Lupe do something that many women not in her predicament wouldn’t do or at least say they wouldn’t do. When we love hard or lust after someone, sometimes our judgment is clouded or perhaps we take on an I don’t care attitude and adjust to the situation. Frida could have ended all ties with Diego due to his affairs, but she chose to have a few of her own and it sheds light on how love and lust can keep people connected, even in situations where it may seem that they should no longer be connected to one another. This film gave the audience the chance to see love and lust as Diego was still with Frida in spite of her injuries, yet his