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let my love open the door
20/6/06 16:15The more I think about Jersey Girl, the more one thing in particular about it starts to seriously bug me. Because, hi, huge pet peeve.
Listen, writers and directors and people of the world: IF YOU START OUT YOUR STORY WITH A FRAMING DEVICE, YOU HAVE TO END IT WITH ONE TOO. That is actually what makes it a frame. You don't start a framed narrative, then get distracted by the movie or book or whatever and just end up like you never framed it to begin with, because that will drive your audience FREAKING NUTS.
(Yes, Shakespeare did it in Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare did a lot of things you can't pull off.)
Also, I now have "Let My Love Open the Door" stuck in my head. Luckily, I kind of like that song.
My sister was watching Days of Our Lives this afternoon, and I ended up sitting in the room watching with her. Apparently there is a plot going on right now where an uncle is in love with his niece and they are contemplating a romantic relationship. Apparently, this is not totally creepy to anyone on the show because the uncle was adopted. Um, yes.
Listen, writers and directors and people of the world: IF YOU START OUT YOUR STORY WITH A FRAMING DEVICE, YOU HAVE TO END IT WITH ONE TOO. That is actually what makes it a frame. You don't start a framed narrative, then get distracted by the movie or book or whatever and just end up like you never framed it to begin with, because that will drive your audience FREAKING NUTS.
(Yes, Shakespeare did it in Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare did a lot of things you can't pull off.)
Also, I now have "Let My Love Open the Door" stuck in my head. Luckily, I kind of like that song.
My sister was watching Days of Our Lives this afternoon, and I ended up sitting in the room watching with her. Apparently there is a plot going on right now where an uncle is in love with his niece and they are contemplating a romantic relationship. Apparently, this is not totally creepy to anyone on the show because the uncle was adopted. Um, yes.
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