your future self loves you. they will look through old photos of you with affection, not disgust, nor embarrassment. they wish they could tell you stories of your future, of how much youâll change, of the people youâll meet, of how youâll eventually learn to accept yourself, then love yourself. they will read your diary entries and poems and favourite lyrics, heart aching, tears in their eyes. if only you knew...
your future self loves you. if only they could show you. they are living proof. youâll turn out okay after all. they wish they were there to console you, dance with you, and make you write it a hundred times: âI AM LOVEDâ. they will listen to playlists you made, just to experience you again. they will write you a letter - of forgiveness, longing, reassurance. you will never read it. but you will know.
Knives Out hints at the self-righteous Thrombeysâ racist views of Latino people and immigrants in general well before they target Marta and threaten to have her mother detained. In the filmâs early flashbacks, the Thrombeys each referred to Martaâs country of origin as a different place. To one, she was a lovely young woman from Ecuador; to another, Marta hailed from Paraguay. Their cluelessness is played for comedic relief as the filmâs tension builds, and Johnsonâs message is clear: The Thrombeysâ ignorance is the joke, not Martaâs heritage.