I know, it was just a movie. But was it not meant to stir some emotion?
Mayor invited a few friends out to see "Medea Goes to Jail" tonight. I sat between Popa and Will. And when it got really emotional, Will got a little crabby. SPOILER ALERT! The character Josh gets upset as he is confessing his guilt over his friend Candy's fate as a prostitute. A series of unfortunate but all-too familiar circumstances in their past allowed her to be raped by those he was close with at the time. Baring his soul, Josh lets it all loose in a very personal display of tears and confessions.
Will interjected, "Really?! He's getting so upset over that? Let it go man..."
And for the rest of the movie I could only think "Heaven forbid we believe there is such a thing as a man who respects women enough to carry guilt over loss of virtue."
That's when the movie in general started to irk me. Heaven forbid we believe in such a character because there is no such thing on earth. Never have I seen a man with that much understanding and care for any woman. I highly doubt there is such a thing. Thank you, Will, for reminding me of this. Thank you for signing your name on the list of men who disappoint me. The thing that gets me about Tyler Perry movies? It's not just a sad situation. The sad thing is that in the movies the bad people always get theirs in the end, and the good people come out on top. But in real life, it doesn't happen that way.
I may have made a decision tonight. Georgia? It's over before it started. If there was interest on your end I'm sorry. If there was on mine, it will hurt less to squelch it then it will to sever ties later. Being friends was pretty good though, I don't think it's too late to go back to that. And yes, I love you, too.
