Ep. 7 - EV - The Sweetest Mango
Yé Moun La ! This is episode 7 with “The Sweetest Mango” (2001), a film from Antigua and Barbuda and directed by Howard Allen.
0:00 - 0:30: introduction + opening credits
0:30 - 3:10: recap of my year 2020 + reintroducing myself
3:10 - 4:00: why I created the podcast and the website + self-promo for my first ebook “Love Mwen” available in English and in French.
4:00 - 4:45: introduction to the theme of Season 2: LOVE.
Yé Krik Yé Krak
4:46 - 5:50: official summary of “The Sweetest Mango” by Hama Films.
5:51 - 6:26: my personal summary of “The Sweetest Mango”
6:27 - 7:35: how I found out about the existence of “The Sweetest Mango”
7:35 - 8:23: my first assumptions about “The Sweetest Mango”
8:24 - 9:14: why “The Sweetest Mango” is in my top 3 of favorite Caribbean films of all time
9:15 - 9:45: questions for my Caribbean connections: what does a Caribbean man in love look like and what is the perception of the island life when you’re from the diaspora?
9:45 - 10:20: thank you’s + ending credits
0:00 - 0:30: introduction + opening credits
0:31 - 1:19: The Sweetest Mango summary
1:20 - 1:51: how to portray a healthy love relationship?
Caribbean connection 1
1:52 - 3:35: how YA literature give a positive representation of Caribbean boys : “Musical Youth” by Joanne C. Hillhouse and “The Girl with the Hazel Eyes” by Callie Browning.
3:35 - 5:30: the struggle to find and to write a positive representation of Caribbean men.
5:30 - 6:40: Richard as the blueprint of a romcom lead.
6:40 - 8:23: Richard vs. other male characters of the film
8:24 - 9:40: reminiscing my crush on Larenz Tate and Craig David.
9:41 - 11:24: the paradox between knowing good Caribbean men and still having a negative perception of them.
11:25 - 13:40: Lovelianne and Richard talk about Caribbean men.
13:41 - 15:34: the toxic lead guy in K-dramas romcoms and in US romcoms.
15:35 -16:10: The Sweetest Mango in the romcom trend but still avant-garde with a nice lead guy.
16:11 - 17:25: why The Sweetest Mango is timeless.
17:26 - 18:16: thank you’s + ending credits
0:00 - 0:30: introduction + opening credits
0:31 - 1:19: The Sweetest Mango summary
1:20 - 2:30: how to represent an authentic Caribbean lifestyle?
Caribbean connection 2
2:31 - 4:40: the importance of your accent when you live in the diaspora and when you live in a Caribbean country
4:41 - 6:23: the biased perception of your Caribbean country when you grow up abroad
6:24 - 7:52: the reasons to come back to your Caribbean country
7:53 - 9:38: the similarities between Lovelianne’s expectations and “O Madiana” (1979) characters dreaming to go back to Martinique
9:39 - 12:47: the music as an element of authentic representation -> club scene + singer Bankers and Steel Pan musician Aubrey Lacou Samuel
12:48 - 15:30: the representation of family
15:31 - 16:50: the drawbacks of living on a Caribbean island : power cut, water cut, technology struggles + how to define your own happiness
16:51 - 18:00: updates on the 20th anniversary of The Sweetest Mango
18:01 - 18:47: thank you’s + ending credits