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TOTW 22/08: Do you think they kept each others postcards?

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Fran:
Ennis no, Jack yes

I'm going to have to say no with regard to Ennis.  For one thing, he's super private about his relationship with Jack.  I don't think he'd want to take a chance that Alma would discover those postcards and ask why he was saving them. 

If Ennis had saved the postcards, you bet Alma would have found them.  She had years to try to figure out what was wrong in her marriage.  I can easily picture her snooping around his stuff.  (And I can also see her admitting it at Thanksgiving:  "I looked through that box.  I saw those postcards you saved, Ennis, and not one little card or love note from me or the girls.  I know what it means....")

If anyone saved the postcards, it'd be Jack.  He's sentimental, and I think he would like holding on to something from Ennis, even if it was only postcards with cryptic messages on them.

As to whether Alma ever intercepted one of the postcards, I would think not.  She wouldn't dare throw away any of Ennis's mail  because she'd be scared of the consequences.

Mikaela:
I voted "Yes".

I think even Ennis wouldn't be able to throw away the card that re-established his contact with Jack after those four f**n years. He found some where to keep that one safe, I imagine. And I think he also probably kept the cards from the time after his divorce - there was no Alma-related need to get rid of those, and they *were* little tangible reminders of Jack. Ennis would hold Jack close in every way he thought sufficiently "safe and secure" - keeping the easily hidden postcards and looking at them now and them was one such means of closeness.

And Jack - yes, I do think he kept the cards too. Perhaps not all of them, but some - and I think that would be the early years' ones, before he got more disillusioned and despaired of Ennis ever coming around to the Sweet Life. I can imagine Jack treasuring his "You Bet" card nearly as much as the shirts.

Brown Eyes:

--- Quote from: Mikaela on August 18, 2008, 06:04:35 pm ---I can imagine Jack treasuring his "You Bet" card nearly as much as the shirts.

--- End quote ---

You bet!   I can surely imagine that too Bud. :)

Artiste:
How many postcards were made for this movie?

Kd5000:
I tend to agree with Fran.  Ennis was just so closeted about the whole affair. Plus he seemed so utilitarian.  The trailer at the end of the movie, did it have anything sentimental (photos of his daughters) other then Jack's shirt?  It seemed most sparse.  I think Ennis thought Jack would always be around. Why keep a postcard when you see him every six months?? Ennis probably regrets not keeping the postcards though or whatever other things that would remind him of Jack.

And their wives. Lureen doesn't seem like the type who would go poking around and asking questions unlike Alma who checks up her husband's fishing equipment.

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