Cashmere, I stayed up to watch Christiane Amanpour on TDS, but then passed out. Did you catch it?

Missed the replay this morning. We were watching the Bear in the Big Blue House. But I think DH recorded it for me last night. I hope. I haven't checked yet.

ChiKat, would Madame Bovary fit the bill? I think that Dr. Bovary's wife pressures him to try some risky proceedure that ends up crippling the patient and messing up his career.

You can download it here, if that helps: [link]

ChiKat, pretty much anything by August Strindberg will fit the bill from what I understand, though I've never read any of his stuff myself. Actually, the Scandanavians are good for that kind of thing - I'm sure there are several Bergman movies that would fit the bill.

And of course, there's that laugh riot ETHAN FROMME.

Is that what you're looking for, or am I looking at your question wrong?

What are some pop culture/film/tv/literary examples of marriage being a physical, spiritual, or career death to a man?

Every ball-and-chain joke since the beginning of time.

I normally don't watch TV on Tuesdays, but last night I happened to be watching L&O:SVU and Bradley Cooper was on (Will from Alias). What a cutie. (I'm a sucker for blue eyes.)

Hee. Msbelle, you should totally watch the teaser for the VM finale.

Married with Children.

The Age of Innocence is also a good one. Edith didn't have very good things to say about marriage, did she?

And on a completely different note from my last suggestion, SCARFACE where Steven Bauer marries Pacino's sister, he finds out they've slept together, and kills him before he finds out they got married.

What are some pop culture/film/tv/literary examples of marriage being a physical, spiritual, or career death to a man?

Ethan Frome?

Re VM: msbelle, I had the exact same reservation you had re. some of the Veronica/Logan scenes. How can Veronica be so forgiving of Logan? And when did Logan turn into an understanding schmoopy perfect boyfriend? I think the lovey-dovey-ness was exaggerated to make the video reveal more shocking, but it sat uneasily with me--possibly the only thing marring this powerhouse episode.

As for Lilly's killer. I have no freaking clue. My fave suspect thus far has been Lianne, but I was hurting so much for Veronica last night that I kind of want her to have a satisfying, clean avenging of Lilly's death without the kind of soul-crushing despair it'd bring if Lianne was culpable. And I love Aaron--well, not "love" per se, but I think Harry Hamlin's portrayal of the character and the massive fucked-up relationship he has with Logan is one of the most interesting things on the show. I'd be sorry to lose that. But of all the adults, I think Celeste is the best bet, which strike me as a bit too obvious way to go, because she's been such a villain all along.