Summary of Real Women Have Curves

So after watching Real Women Have Curves on Friday, many of us were a bit confused because it appeared as though the projectionist either missed a reel or inverted the last 2 reels again. I promised to post the correct structure of the film on the blog to clarify, but after doing some Youtube/Google “research” on the film, it appears as though the order we saw the film in was correct. They finish the gray dress order and Ana gets the red dress before the ladies strip down and dancingly embrace their curves (despite Ana saying they are going to finish the order that night). And, despite my faulty memory, Ana never actually does try on the Red Dress for us to see (wtf? how is this not a key scene in a movie about finding a positive body image?). She does say goodbye to her white-boy boyfriend then find out about college, then sleep with him, then tell her family that she is going to college anyway, despite her mom’s wishes. (It was really hard for me to choose between my full ride at Columbia and working in a sweatshop with my mom who criticizes everything I do too, but in the end I think I made the right decision.) So, in summary, we were not duped again by our wonderful projectionist, the actual ending of the movie really is a structural cluster fuck. (If you are curious, I’m gleaning all this info from ever-reliable Youtube.)

In my humble opinion, it should have been:
1) Naked dancing empowerment, finish the dress order.
2) Get the Red Dress after the empowerment scene and finishing the order.
3) TRY ON THE RED DRESS and show us how beautiful you are in the damn dress!
4) Sleep with the boy. (Cuz aren’t you feeling pretty and confident now?)
5) Get into college.
6) Ditch the boy and your family for NYC.