Friday, April 10, 2009
Mona Lisa 2
Betty reflects the values of the 1950s through her getting married. She becomes married to a man that she has no real feelings for. The important things to her are marriage, raising a family, and being the ‘norm.’ Not only does Betty get married, she ridicules her friend for getting accepted into Harvard Law School, then writes another nasty article over Julia Roberts. To me Betty’s ideas are clouded by the values of that time. Instead of having a truly happy life, she has a generic ‘happy’ life. She has a husband, a house, and a washer and dryer! That is what all women wanted in that time, but they want it because that’s what’s advertised, and that’s what’s taught. Betty Warren’s actions during this movie aren’t only annoying, but I have a sense of pity for her. Maybe if she wasn’t influenced so strongly by her B of a mother, then she would turn out differently.
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you're absolutely right ethan! Betty is so easy to hate, but that's how she was raised. so even though i can't stand her, i feel bad for her because she really did get the "shit end of the stick" cause her mother is the one that taught her those values, her husband is doin some other girl, and she's pushing all her friends away. it's sad. ( but i think it'll work out in the end)
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