coffee scene
Watch Movie Fear and Trembling (japan 2003) Discuss the part from the movie where she is asked to bring coffee to a meeting with clients. She hands out the coffee and says things like here you go, excuse me, do you want cream and sugar. She leaves and they all act surprised and ask what was that. The Vice-president comes out angry and yells at Saito, asking who told her to speak Japanese. Saito yells at her causing a scene and asks to speak to her. She served coffee pretending like she spoke perfect Japanese. She responds that she does speak Japanese and he’s mad that she tried to defend herself. He tells her to never speak Japanese again. He makes references to the Western mindset about following orders. Discuss how they relate to class topics. Events should be reflective of cultural values and other topics covered in the course. The description and analysis of each incident should be approximately one page long.