Awful Movie!
I thougth this was a really horrible film. The basic premise is that a woman has to become a lesbian to experience true happiness. The viewer is expected to sympathize with the main character because she falls in love with "a person" who just happens to be another woman. What if her new lover was a man? Nobody would like a character who deserts her husband and children for a heterosexual fling so the lesbian angle is the only way to make her sympathetic. Also, the prevailing message in the film was that lesbianism is the road to true happiness, and that message is quietly demonstrated. For example, the office secretary (heterosexual) has the line concerning lesbianism, "I tried it once, but it just didn't work out for me." The message is that all women should try it to see if it works out for them. When the main character goes to tell her mother that she is now gay, she is upset and and dreads the confrontation, but in spite of this, the mother's maid says to her, "Honey, I've never seen you look happier." The message there is that no matter how bad you feel, being a lesbian makes you happy. The characters who accept her new lifestyle are seen as caring, intelligent, and likeable. The ones who don't are stupid, self-centered, completely out of touch, and are dislikable. What is lost is the fact that the main character left her husband and children, destroying her family, for her own selfish needs. At one point, she tells her lover, "I don't know if this will last forever," meaning that she is willing to hurt the people who love her, mostly her children, just to satisfy a temporary need for herself. This woman completely ignored her responsibilities and she is supposed be admired for that. Once again, make the new lover a man and see if you can dredge up any sympathy or respect for her at all.
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