Friday, May 7, 2010

Telling Use of Language --- Reality Sucks

I saw a poster recently, I can't remember where but it was absolutely hilarious. It was the scene at the front of the boat from the movie Titanic (minus the big name stars) but instead of it being Jack holding rose at the bow of the ship it is Jack smacking away a seagull that has landed and proceeded to defecate on her head. Then in small unobtrusive print below it says Reality Sucks. The assumption made by the poster's creator is that fairy tales and romanticized stories are all well and good but none of that actually happens in real life. All of the fantasy and wonder is carefully concocted by writers and directors, but reality is harsh and often not very wonderful. I laughed at the poster at first but then it made me sad because as a storyteller I do want happy endings and wonder to be elements of real life.

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