MS PURPLE
I love movies that are able to evoke raw and somber emotion, leaving you silently staring at your laptop as the credits roll—and this was my experience the first time I watched MS. PURPLE (trailer here). So much of the film is dedicated to spotlighting the not-so-photogenic moments, making it such a resonant and sentimental meditation on life. The film follows Kasie (Tiffany Chu) who works full-time as a karaoke hostess, and spends her nights entertaining men who request female company. The money isn’t enough to pay the caretaker for her bedridden father, so her estranged brother Carey (Teddy Lee)—similarly scraping by in life—comes home to help out. Kasie and Carey navigate the complexities of all forms of love, including their relationships with each other and with their mother who abandoned them as children. With both characters under immense stress, they become unreliable narrators, seeing things that may not actually be there and reacting to things that may not actually have happened. This is definitely not a feel-good flick but it is the perfect movie to kick off sad girl summer, in case you’re in need of a good cry.
—Victoria Moniz, Development Intern
