I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.
Something like Truly Madly Deeply, maybe?
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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Amy - Aug 11, 2010 9:53:29 am PDT #10579 of 30000
Because books.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2010 9:53:44 am PDT #10580 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.
Terminator. Not fridging. I'll have to think on it some more, though. Fridging most often happens in action movies, right? Which cuts down on the women analogues right there. I'm sure there are quite a few movies about widows with pain, considering. Just, you know, on Lifetime. And they heal, with the love of a good man and/or a trip to Tuscany.
Jesse - Aug 11, 2010 9:54:11 am PDT #10581 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
mmmm....cam whore.
I think it's an aspect of the massive overall bias in Hollywood to tell stories starring (mostly white) men. There might be a woman. She might be a madonna or a whore. And she might die. I keep coming back to the Bechdel test, and how very few mainstream movies pass it.
I was going to bring up the Bechdel test related to the fridging thing. It's not that it makes a movie bad (or good), but I do think it's important for people to notice what's going on in their entertainment.
smonster - Aug 11, 2010 9:56:48 am PDT #10582 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Does anyone know where this picture is from?
Don't know but tomhardy.org can provide you with hours of camwhore fun. [link]
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2010 9:59:45 am PDT #10583 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
hours of camwhore fun.
Oh, yeah, he totally took that pic himself for his own ends. DAMN. I've not seen the like.
Gris - Aug 11, 2010 10:02:04 am PDT #10584 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.
Spoiler for a movie currently in theaters: this sort of happens in Salt. It's not especially believable because nothing about that movie is believable, but it's a major plot point.
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2010 10:04:52 am PDT #10585 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Interview with Edgar Wright re: Scott Pilgrim. A little spoilery, I guess: [link]
Nice interview, Frank! Thanks for linking. I'm looking forward to seeing it again this weekend.
Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2010 10:05:24 am PDT #10586 of 30000
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I'm also trying to think of a story where the female main character's husband or boyfriend is killed as a plot device, where the emotional impact changes her forever.
Ballstic: Ecks vs Sever
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2010 10:06:21 am PDT #10587 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I am trying to think of examples where men died and other men were severely damaged by it that aren't Brokeback or war movies.
Brian's Song!
smonster - Aug 11, 2010 10:09:22 am PDT #10588 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Gris: doesn't count IMHO b/c the role was written for a man, specifically Tom Cruise .
Have not seen Ballistic or Brian's Song.