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Old 03-25-2014, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by RayinPenn View Post
A week or so ago my wife and I watched the movie 'Blue Jasmine'. If you are planning on renting the movie read no further I don't want to spoil it for you.

I have to wonder why people make such terribly sad movies? The main character is one of those people who makes one bad choice after another...
- Her crook of a Husband cheated on her extensively and then informs her he is running off with his latest very youthful paramour. "We are in love".
- She informs on his larcenous ways to the FBI, he is arrested, goes to 'the big house' and then promptly hangs himself in his cell
- her diet consist of liberal doses of sedatives with an ample helping of self pity as a side dish.
- she is abusive to her simple waitress sister belittling her choices of mates at every opportunity. When the sister does have a tryst with another fellow she meets at a classy party -he turns out to be married and drops her.
- her husband did a Bernie on the sister and sisters husband 'one chance' lotto winnings
- her Harvard attending stepson learns of his fathers and her actions drops out, hits the drugs and disappears and finally informs her he wants nothing to do with her.
- She meets a charming fellow, lies about her awful history and falls in love. They are outside the jewelry store about to pick out 'the ring' when they run into her sister's ex who outs her. Relationship over!
- The last scene we are left with her sitting on a bench talking to her self ...
clearly desperately in need of institutionalization.

Call me a simpleton but where are you Frank Capra?
RayinPenn What you have described covers about 99.9% of what is produced by Hollywood on the big and small screen. You don't know what you don't know and our society's moral fabric has been tearing apart for a very long time. since Hollywood has always been a den of hedonism it was a natural progression for them.

I have developed disdain for most of Hollywood believing that they are big contributors to our moral decline but then some folks are just easy followers