My feelings for Wanda

We were asked in class about how we were feeling about Wanda. Personally, I felt really sorry for her and I just wanted her to be happy and for the movie to have a happy ending. I guess I just like the types of movies that give me answers to all my questions and gives me complete closure on the story and that gratification and in essence, that Awww effect.

We meet Wanda, she has just been dumped by her husband and as we see in the movie she is literally dumped by every man she meets on her wandering journey. She obviously has no self-worth what-so-ever especially based on how she allows men to treat her. She does not care about her children and felt that her kids would be better off with her husband than with her. What mental state is a woman in that can just walk away from her children like that. It was like she was just empty inside.

I kept waiting for something good to happen to her, but nothing ever did. I guess this type of movie they don't give you that typical happily ever after story. I kept waiting and wanting for her to be saved by someone, anyone. She just wandered around with what seemed like her head in the clouds. She was pretty clueless and extremely naive. I guess I was really hoping for the sappy love story to happen. I just kept waiting for it. It never happened.

I just felt so bad for her. The way Mr. Dennis would slap her around and she would just take it. Like she deserved to be treated that way. No one deserves to be treated like that. I really thought there was going to be a little romance when she and Mr. Dennis were in the empty field drinking and Mr. Dennis took off his jacket and put it over her shoulders. But when she says, "the sun's going down," he just tells her that her hair looks terrible and she should wear a hat.

There is not a lot of information out there about Barbara Loden here are a couple websites: http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Barbara_Loden/190111

http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/64206/Wanda.html

Beauty Question

The question that was raised in Monday nights class was, "Is beauty a problem?" I believe it is a problem now. I don't think that it has always been a problem. It seems that there is so much pressure that is put on little girls to be almost "perfect" and I do think there is a need for that. Actually the pressure is being put on little boys now too. What is perfect? I surely don't know. Too many reality shows are emphasizing on how to "fix" yourself. I will admit to watching Dr. 90210. I watch these shows and see people (male/female, young/old) go in for a consultation for one thing and walk out with a laundry list of things that need to be "fixed" according to the doctor. They look fine to me, but there is such and emphasis on making yourself into something different or "better." Even men are getting into cosmetic surgery. I have seen them go in for calf implants, bicep implants and other parts that they are not able to build up by working out.

My co-worker showed me this website she found. It is a cover photo of Faith Hill on an issue of Redbook magazine. They show you the before and after effects of editing a photo. It is amazing the difference. Here is the link: http://jezebel.com/gossip/photoshop-of-horrors/heres-our-winner-redbook-shatters-our-faith-in-well-not-publishing-but-maybe-god-278919.php

Just by looking at the pictures and the difference pretty much proves that even what you see in the magazines and on TV is edited. Those beautiful people are not as "perfect" as they make them. Although I still believe that Faith Hill is beautiful as is, and yet they went in and changed her. Some of her bone structure was even changed.

I think my favorite is when Jamie Lee Curtis was on the cover of More Magazine in Sept. 2002. They did a photo shoot of her as she really is and then after she "gets some help." It shows what she truly looks like under all of the hair, make-up and wardrobe. I have a lot of respect for her after this magazine issue came out. Here is the link: http://www.lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/lhj/story/data/jamieleecurtistruethighs_08212002.xml

I believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and people need to stop modifing themselves.