| Having watched most of the Jamaican Slang Classics | | | | Jamaican Slang. |
| like "Rockers", "The Harder They Come", "Shottas", | | | | Now, here is the BUT! "Smile Orange" is a great film to |
| "Third World Cop" and "Dancehall Queen", I was | | | | understand the side of Jamaican Culture that most |
| looking for a Jamaican movie. While at a local | | | | people are exposed to, the resort culture. When most |
| Caribbean restaurant, I picked up Trevor Rhone's | | | | people go to Jamaica, they usually stay at resorts in |
| "Smile Orange". | | | | places like Montego Bay, Negril or Ocho Rios. Very |
| "Smile Orange" is set in a Jamaican beach hotel and | | | | few people go to Kingston (sadly). "Smile Orange" |
| pokes fun at the tourist trade in Jamaica. It focuses on | | | | shows the way skin complexion plays a role in the |
| both the visitors and the local Jamaicans. "Smile | | | | positions of power in Jamaican society, the way |
| Orange" is mostly the story of the mischievously slick | | | | people from the countryside traditionally have been |
| waiter, super stud, Ringo Smith (played by Carl | | | | exposed to a different way of life than those from the |
| Bradshaw - "Third World Cop") , who has made a | | | | cities and what happens when country folks make it to |
| profitable art of servility. Ringo acts as a waiter, lover, | | | | the city, and the interaction of Jamaican men with |
| teacher and joker. | | | | women from abroad. |
| "Smile Orange" is not a movie for someone interested | | | | I've heard many stories of women from Europe, |
| in learning Jamaican Patois/Jamaican Slang. Sadly, | | | | Canada, and The States meeting Jamaican men along |
| even when the Jamaicans speak among themselves, | | | | the beaches near resorts and having different |
| they are largely speaking in Standard English. There | | | | degrees of romance. "Smile Orange" is the best movie |
| are a few scenes of Patois such as when Ringo's | | | | to really see how this uniquely Caribbean dynamic |
| mother shows up at the hotel, but for the most part, | | | | works, so I highly recommend the film if you want to |
| this is not a film for the student of Jamaican Slang. | | | | get some insight into Jamaican culture beyond |
| You are not likely to learn new vocabulary words or | | | | Rastafari, Reggae, Ganja and Crime. Oh, by the way, |
| new expressions, so as the title of this article says, | | | | "Smile Orange" is also a funny movie, so sit back, |
| Don't Watch Smile Orange if You Want to Learn | | | | study and laugh. |