The main character in this picture runs a hamburger stand in Myrtle Beach, but she doesn't actually swim much. I think the title refers to her swimming in her baggy clothing, as this is yet another story about the tribulations of a hefty, less-than-attractive girl. Maybe the title refers to the way the girl is swimming through her young-adult life, as she owns half of the business and half of the house she lives in, but isn't making much of herself. You really wonder about her and this picture right until the end, but she shows some character.
The hamburger stand is on the beach, next to her best friend's nose piercing parlor. One summer a pretty new girl lands a waitress job at the burger joint and turns their lives upside down. The new girl tries without much success to bring the baggy girl out of herself, although she does go dancing a couple times, and later gets high with and even later beds a peddler of tie-dye tee shirts. The loss of Baggy's attention to the new girlfriend and boyfriend alienate the piercing-parlor lady. Her friend felt neglected, but she never really was, the baggy girl just wanted to branch out a little. Besides, the tongue piercer was mixed up with a crazy boyfriend with an imaginary buddy.
The movie turns at the very end, when the piercing lady is jailed after an altercation with her boyfriend and his imaginary friend. Our baggy dresser stands up to everyone to get the money to go bail her out. To me this reveals character that she must have had all along, but never showed. The jailbird was supposed to be everyone's friend really, and part of their community, so it is appalling that no one else supported bailing her out. No one else did however, but Baggy showed true loyalty.
The hamburger stand is on the beach, next to her best friend's nose piercing parlor. One summer a pretty new girl lands a waitress job at the burger joint and turns their lives upside down. The new girl tries without much success to bring the baggy girl out of herself, although she does go dancing a couple times, and later gets high with and even later beds a peddler of tie-dye tee shirts. The loss of Baggy's attention to the new girlfriend and boyfriend alienate the piercing-parlor lady. Her friend felt neglected, but she never really was, the baggy girl just wanted to branch out a little. Besides, the tongue piercer was mixed up with a crazy boyfriend with an imaginary buddy.
The movie turns at the very end, when the piercing lady is jailed after an altercation with her boyfriend and his imaginary friend. Our baggy dresser stands up to everyone to get the money to go bail her out. To me this reveals character that she must have had all along, but never showed. The jailbird was supposed to be everyone's friend really, and part of their community, so it is appalling that no one else supported bailing her out. No one else did however, but Baggy showed true loyalty.