[ SECRET POST #2925 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2925 ⌋

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Comments

[thelonebamf]

So... this was one of the few movies my mom had on VHS and she watched it ALL THE TIME so I've seen it over and over and considered it from half a dozen different angles.

For what it's worth, something I haven't seen mentioned is that she doesn't suddenly get a husband- she gets a... well "better" husband, as far as the movie is concerned. (Yes, I agree, what he does is awful and several kinds of immoral- but I'm just going by the movie's morality code, I guess.) By the movie's logic, she didn't suddenly realize she wanted to be married (as she had been married already) she realized what her marriage was lacking- as in, any real emotion or intimacy (or a partner who would even care if she were gone). That makes me think that the message isn't so much about finding a family and kids as it is about learning to think about someone beyond yourself, and that in turn you deserve to be with those who think about you. (But of course, this message is totally diluted and this doesn't change the fact that there are very few movies like the ones you want to see!)

Out of curiosity, I wonder how you feel about movies like "Baby Boom" (same era, Dianne Keaton). She decides early on to take on a baby, loses the guy she's dating when he decides it's too much (again, implied lack of intimacy in the relationship), moves to the country and then (SPOILERS) STARTS A REVOLUTIONARY BABY FOOD INDUSTRY OUT OF HER HOME AND MAKES THE BUSINESSMEN WHO SCORNED HER COME CRAWLING BACK FOR MORE AND WHEN THEY DO SHE LAUGHS AT THEM AND DECIDES TO RULE HER EMPIRE ON HER OWN. Yes, she gets a kid and a hot new boyfriend out of it, but the message was more about stepping outside of her established world (the rat race), realizing it wasn't A)everything and B)the only way to do things and C)the only or best source of pride for her.