tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373082257342927538.post5859027067331183030..comments2023-08-10T09:53:01.123-04:00Comments on Katherine Owens: Happily Ever After?Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05080278315707441923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373082257342927538.post-62237791795536799912009-03-08T14:46:00.000-04:002009-03-08T14:46:00.000-04:00Thanks Criss. Good example of exactly what I'm ta...Thanks Criss. Good example of exactly what I'm talking about. I didn't like the end of GWTW when I was younger, but it did end honestly. Maybe a little life experience is necessary to see the value of an honest ending even if it's not neat and pretty.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05080278315707441923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373082257342927538.post-75078491085101602042009-03-07T23:14:00.000-05:002009-03-07T23:14:00.000-05:00I remember being shocked by the ending of Gone Wit...I remember being shocked by the ending of <I>Gone With The Wind</I> because it did not have a "happily ever after" tied up with a pretty pink bow. The ending was good, but it kind of punched me in the stomach.<BR/><BR/>Years later, when <I>Scarlett</I> came out, I devoured it. The lovestruck teenager in me loved the ending, but I knew it was a cheap, contrived ending -- Scarlett and Rhett were not meant to be together, that's not how Margaret Mitchell wrote them. They would not have ended up together living in the moors of Scotland -- er, I mean Ireland, with their perfect green-eyed daughter.<BR/><BR/>It made for a great Harlequin, but a terrible GWTW sequel.<BR/><BR/>I find US/Hollywood audiences need not so much the happy ending, but the ending tied up with a neat little bow -- all loose ends tied, all issues resolved and all questions answered. The ending can be sad as long as it does not leave anything open; European/non-US audiences can handle open endings better.Criss L. Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664903417376487387noreply@blogger.com