Begin forwarded message:
From: Halltennis@aol.com
Subject: shift in plot structure
Date: June 26, 1997 at 08:14:21 EDT
To: joe@joe10.com, jimp@digitoy.com, carytenn@slip.net, BEATBARD@aol.com, temme@vision.namrl.navy.mil, Wmbruffin@aol.com, TIFFHOOKS@aol.com, Pjwsfca@aol.com
I cite two recent/current American films, titles perhaps recalled
incorrectly: Going After Amy (key word Amy), and Best Friend’s Wedding. In
each the protagonist in a light love story becomes the anti-hero.
Europeans have been doing this in popular arts for some time. Americans have
done it mostly in country-western music. I think I have not seen it in
American film since the thirties–maybe never, as I cannot think of a
thirties example.
Interesting to see the box office reports on these two films.Fine arts project our essence–what Freud called our psyche; pop arts
project our surface. Which one are we looking at in these two films?
L–h
