They say girls are romantic fools. Well, yes we are. Its not for no reason all those light hearted romantic comedies are called "chick-flicks". Women form the major audience of these feel-good, don't-think-too-much, Sandra Bullock category of movies. In fact statistics showed that even during recession, chick-flicks worked at the box office. Romantic novels never saw a dip in their sales because women knew even recession can't bring down their affection for Edward Cullen.
I am an avid fan of this genre of movies. At the end of a hard day, I wouldn't want to watch a Memento (I love Memento, no doubt). I would rather watch Confessions of a Shopoholic or The Devil wears Prada. After watching countless rom-coms, you do realize that there isn't much novelty that can be brought about in the genre. Cliches are rampant. Its the treatment of the movie, the actors and the dialogues that make a story work or fail.
The problem with these movies is that it makes you want to believe that you will have a magical love story of your own. I would love my life to be a Serendipity or You've got mail or Pride and Prejudice or Friends (Monica and Chandler) or The Office (Jim and Pam). I would love it to be a Leap Year, Wake Up Sid, Jab we met, A Walk to Remember (sans the death part) or Keith (sans the death part). I wouldn't mind either of my life being The Proposal, even Twilight or 27 Dresses or No Reservations.
We let ourselves get deluded or as Jesse Eisenberg said we live in a "bubble of delusion". So when a Mr Darcy never shows up or you realize there wouldn't be someone like Jim or Chandler in your life, it dawns upon you that the Cinderella Story was after all just that - a story. A fairytale. Only Cinderellas get to live it. The rest are mere mortals and will have to make do with some guy who wouldn't shy away from asking a million rupees for marrying you or who doesn't even know if you are a veg, non-veg or vegan until after your wedding because it was so unimportant to hear you talk or someone who would like to have his own fairytale fulfilled of being a Casanova. And girls let that happen to themselves. They don't get it that they could probably marry the real Edward Cullen if they gave him a million bucks!
Have you read Robert Fulghum's Cindrella story?
ReplyDeleteWho is the real Cindrella?
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I wish that you get to live your fairy tale.
Btw, last para of this post is so biased; you have done an eager generalization.
It is generalization only if you think that most women end up with guys like that. I don't think so. I would say over 60% of the women get to live a decent fairytale.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I loved Robert Fulghum's Cindrella story.
ReplyDelete"It is generalization only if you think that most women end up with guys like that. I don't think so. I would say over 60% of the women get to live a decent fairytale."
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I was and am supporting fairy tales and women.
Most women start to dream about fairy tales when men are still boys and have just reached puberty. They should learn to see, observe and understand them first. Take your time. Find the right person and only when you are willing to spend your life with that person, commit yourself.
The generalization that I was talking about was about the fact that your last para sounds like or portrays that almost every man is interested in dowry and material things or sex. This is not true.
And who says all men find their dream partners?
Completely agree with you!
ReplyDeleteWe live in a fantasy world, continuing to believe that we'll meet our Raj (DDLJ) or Chandler but it seldom happens.
And then, the realization dawns upon us, with a big bang and the dream is shattered. That is reality, the earlier you accept it, the better.