'First Date'
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I think American cultural myths/stories about romantic love and relationships are toxic and damaging.
Tim still -- after 6 years of dating -- feels bad, or regret, or something, because he didn't fall head over heels crazy in love with me right away. That drives me nuts. Like our relationship *now* is less valid because it didn't start out like some dumb movie?
FTR, *I* didn't fall head over heels crazy in love with him right away, either. I'm just not wired that way, and it doesn't bother me.
wrod. It's Complicated(the people struck me as real-ish in that one) Catch and Release(apart from the hero banging the caterer in the bathroom thing turning into a meet-cute, that is)
I wonder how many parents scolded their daughters for sighing over the romantic tales the bards told back in Medieval Europe.
IE, the unrealistic nature of romance stories is hardly new.
probably...although the fantasy itself was different then, anyway, right? Real Women Have Curves(friends fuck and part friends...Ana goes to college.)
Dirty Dancing, till the big dance where All is Forgiven, of course.
Can anyone think of a well-done rom-com that skirts closely to what might actually happen in RL?
Sid & Nancy?
Sid & Nancy?
Prick Up Your Ears?
Wired has a nice long interview with/overview of Joss: [link]
billytea "Coffee On My Monitor" Oct 6, 2004 7:09:21 am PDT
Heh, I remember that now.
The title "Prick Up Your Ears" was intended to be a double-entendre, you know.