September 9, 2010
“Men are emotionally constipated.” – Mr. B.
Where do we begin? What to talk about? Today’s discussion about time line was excruciating, knowing the fact that this happened out of the blue for no particular reason drives me nuts. But I guess it does make sense, some things are just irreverent and have no place in the story.
It’s interesting about how the king can marry women, yet it would tarnish his name or reputation, if he were to marry a simple peasant. I can’t exactly think of a recent movie that shows this, but I see this type of behavior through somewhat Disney characters or even how some individuals nowadays think. For example, although I may not be part of some successful family, my aunty always tells me to marry a some rich man with lots of money to spend on me, someone with a title and great power. To her she thinks an ordinary man or a homeless guy is not worth anything. Then what happens to the other percent of men who do ordinary jobs and have ordinary lives? Here is where we can use some imagination and think that somewhere, somehow there is that perfect partner. But back to the story, due to Sakuntala’s mother’s nymph genes, it makes her partly supernatural. So in other words, if Sakuntala were any other ordinary women, then the king wouldn’t “fall in love with her at first sight?” That may be asking too much, I mean I know were suppose to believe this magic fairy tale that, because she happens to be a nymph’s daughter that exudes sometimes sexy about her which lures the king in.
It was a funny thought when Dushyanta and Sakuntala claim they both love each other to even consider “married.” Because when this happens, the king dips. He is somewhere else away from his lover and she’s at home waiting for his reappearance.
Every romantic comedy has a downfall (not sure if that’s the correct word) maybe conflict could be better. Right when the king leaves, Sakuntala screws up and causes the “wise man” to curse her. It’s like when couples get married and their parents disapprove. The mother is usually the one who’s cursing the person who is marrying her kid. When this happens, Sakuntala’s supposedly awesome friends try to help her out, but of course has me yelling in my mind saying “Hello?! What are you doing? Say something?!!!” This emotional roller coaster reminds me of thriller flicks sometimes some cheesy horror films. When the killer is in the house, why you do you have to run in the house like some superhero and end of dead for the remaining movie? But this is when we have to realize it’s just a movie and we need our “willful suspension of disbelief.”
Grrrr…
Eventually when Sakuntala meets the king, he has no idea who she is….right? Because where’s the ring silly girl? This is the part when Maury comes out and says “Dushyanta, you ARE the baby’s daddy of Sakuntal.”
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I think you might have misunderstood what was going on. See, Dushyanta wasn't going to get involved with Sakuntala if she was of a lower caste because he wouldn't be able to "make an honest woman out of her". He wouldn't have been allowed to marry her. He loved her regardless, but that love was strong enough that he didn't want her to just be a mistress. That's why her parentage mattered.
ReplyDeleteComparing the cheesy plot twist to a romantic comedy is right on the money. It's a device for a device's sake and kinda takes me out of the story every time I get to that part.