Frank,
I don't think it reflects images of real life (maybe in caricature at
times) as much as it reflects expectations of what real life should be.
Warning: this is a sweeping generalization. Don't ask me which came
first, the movies or the expectations; that's like asking whether the
chicken or the egg came first. Some people of my parents' generation drove
themselves neurotic over not being able to achieve the "Father Knows Best,"
"My Three Sons," or even the "Cleaver" family life with completely
unrealistic expectations of eternal bliss.
Real life just isn't that way. Fortunately my other half and I realize that.
-- John
At 14:17 3/7/00 , Frank van Lindert wrote:
>On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 07:56:51 EST, "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>
>>>What is causing the difference? My wife and I each have our own
>>>income. We pay together for all household cost, but each of us is free
>>>to spend what is left the way he or she wants to.
>>>My wife buys art, I buy Zuiko. We don't ever criticize each other -
>>>simply because there is no need for that. Why doesn't this solution
>>>work in the USA?
>>>
>>
>>ever see American movies, particularly of the "guy meets girl" kind?
>>Over here, when we meet our one true love, we're supposed to do a mind
>>and body meld with them, and revel in the new found freedom of the
>>promised land.
>
>Yes, I have seen some of these pictures on television (would never
>visit them though), but I always categorized them as 'fairy-tales' or
>'high Disney content'.
>I never realized that these movies were reflecting images of real
>American life ;-)
>
>Frank.
>
>
>
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