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Meredith's Shoes

posted 11 years ago by childers-3
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This may have already been addressed on this board, and if so, I apologize. When the daughter took Meredith's shoes and started playing with them - I was mortified. If my child had done that and broken them (they were probably pretty expensive), I would have done a lot more than offer glue! By Meredith's reaction, you could see that she was really upset. I would have made the child apologize and I would have paid her for them. No matter what they cost. That scene made me really dislike mother and daughter.

"Well, make something up!"/RG

[–] intelligentsupermodel 11 years ago

Yes, it was previously addressed, by me. But still a valid point. It is so disgusting that the mom doesn't say anything except, "We might have some glue..." I mean, that's not even an offer to REPAIR the shoes (not that gluing them would be a proper fix). She's basically saying that IF they have glue, Meredith can "fix" the shoes herself. I completely agree that she should have told her child it was wrong to take the shoes, and offer to replace the shoes or take them to shoe repair place to see if they could be salvaged.

[–] Quentin36 10 years ago

Agee with you both. The kid should have got sh*t!!! She took the shoes out of her bag!!!AND BROKE THEM!!

No one says a word to the kid! They kind of look at each other like why is that bitch mad at my kid??

[–] Kimrubymoon 9 years ago

I agree. And the mother of the kid (Susannah) was well aware of the worth of those shoes. She grew up in the wealthy Ny/NJ area. They were, themselves, well-off. She was not raised in a barn or a hippie commune where there are no social expectations. As a lover of fine footwear, I found that scene to be representative of how they all disregarded Meredith. I had a similar situation happen to me and that family also took a nonchalant - kids will be kids - attitude. My friend did not stick up for me and I took my scratched Gucci shoe home and never went back to that home again with anything that I didn't want destroyed. If I had ruined a guest's $500+ pair of shoes when I was a child, i would have been paying that back out of my allowance for 10 years. But a lot of these kids nowadays do not know the what consequences mean.

[–] Kimrubymoon 9 years ago

Also, the mother of the little brat, Susannah is wearing Burberry pajamas and a fairly large diamond engagement ring----furthering my previous point that she knows damn well that Meredith's shoes are expensive. The worst is, of course, that having that kind of $ herself only makes her more of a b**** for not offering to pay for them!!!

[–] !!!deleted!!! (64820750) 9 years ago

I agree. She should have offered to buy her new shoes and make the daughter apologize to her. Instead, they kinda looked at her like "she broke your shoes but it's okay because she's a child so it's not that big of a deal." -_-

[–] shukti 8 years ago

Oh yes, the shoes. Any bets on how the Stones would holler like banshees if Meredith broke something of theirs? Like Sybil's coffee cup? "But thaaaaaat's different! Those are just SHOES!" Or better yet wonder why she was wearing such expensive shoes anyway.

And yes of course Meredith would look like a bitch for complaining.

Barf.

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[–] mrssutherland2013 8 years ago

Agreed agreed agreed

I would be mortified and my child would have some consequences for touching someone else's things without their permission.

I get the feeling this scene exists to make a point that even the "nicest" family member I.e Susannah was feeling a little hostile towards Meredith, as although she wasn't nasty about the shoes, I get the feeling had it been someone else,someone they liked,she might have done more about the situation.

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[–] larpine-225-371665 8 years ago

Although things were obviously about to change, Elizabeth was an only child, an only grandchild and the first and only to make four doting adults an aunt or an uncle, so yeah, she was a little spoiled. How could she not be?

Elizabeth quickly drops her attention of everyone once Ben makes his appearance and in every scene, she's in Ben's lap, hanging on Ben, combing or adding hair clips in his hair, for obviously he's Elizabeth's favorite person and Ben fully embraces the role.

Not making excuses, but the family prized the people they loved over personal objects, which was part of the collision course with Meredith. I mean, how many business suits and high heel shoes did Meredith need for a Christmas family get together?

Watch the movie and pay close attention to what Meredith wears and what everyone else is wearing, especially the first day she arrives, and while the family did exclude her, Meredith was guilty of excluding herself.

Everett remains in business attire in an attempt to help the situation, which the family hates and finally Sybil attacks with the "take that god damn tie off" line.

It is what I love about this film, in that there's so much more going on beyond the dialogue.