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"You're good enough"
Sheriff Roland:
Thanks Lee. Your suggestion that "but Cassie, with no better prospects, doesn't accept it" is the best explanation I've heard so far to her happy acceptance of Juniors's evaluation of the situation - but Cassie's gorgeous - it's hard to believe that she can't do better than "unimpressed" Ennis for herself.
injest:
*Jess ON TOPIC and being VERY VERY serious and intellectual*
Well, I would think, if you are in fact considering the 'message' that Cassie got when Alma Jr. told her "Your good enough" then as the daughter of a divorced couple I would conjecture that she got "Your good enough but I don't care for you"
Would not bother Cassie a bit...what difference does Alma's reaction make to her?
I think Junior was being a tad tacky to Cassie.
And in a small town in the middle of nowhere, you could be the most beautiful woman on the planet...if there are no men it won't do you a bit of good.
injest:
--- Quote from: Roland on October 16, 2006, 10:12:03 pm ---re: "There's no place like home...there's no place like home"
Jess! You fibber!! - you spend a lot of time on other forums (admin for one, not to mention ALL the time you spend checking out the images on that little "Anything Goes" forum)
Will anyone ever believe you ever again *chorkle* *nasty larf* ** tee-hee-hee! :laugh:
--- End quote ---
I am SURE I don't have ANY idea what you might be talking about!!
*Jess gathers up her fur stole and storms dramatically from the thread*
Lynne:
I've always taken this interchange between Junior and Cassie in a way similar to what Jess said:
--- Quote from: injest on October 16, 2006, 09:51:37 pm ---"You are good enough but my father is gay...so no matter how good you are, he is looking for what you can not give him"
--- End quote ---
I am firmly in the 'Junior knew her Dad was gay camp.'
But to me, it's almost like they're having two separate conversations. Cassie saying 'You get your point across' implies that Cassie understands Junior, when clearly she doesn't. I think Cassie is hearing something that Junior is not saying - 'no one's really good enough for my dad, but you'll do.'
Cassie dragging Ennis off to dance in the next sequence seems to confirm that she really doesn't understand him at all. It's enough to make me feel sorry for Cassie, footwear notwithstanding. :)
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 17, 2006, 11:44:10 am ---Back on topic...being told "You're good enough" is sort of like getting a C in school. Not an outright insult, but it isn't going to make anybody feel very confident in their abilities/attributes. So, Jr. gets her point across, basically saying like Aguirre did, "You're wasting your time here." She gets her point across but Cassie, with no better prospects, doesn't accept it.
--- End quote ---
I think Cassie takes it as an insult. I feel like her determination to dance with Ennis **right then** even though Ennis had no interest was Cassie's passive aggressive way of responding. I think, like many of you have said, that it's hard to tell whether Alma Jr. is demonstrating a dislike for Cassie because she understands that Ennis is gay at this point or for reasons tied to her feelings about Ennis's divorce from Alma. I think Alma Jr. is also mad because Cassie is one more distraction that means Ennis has even less time to devote to his daughters. I feel like we can see Alma Jr.'s face and demeanor change when she sees Cassie in the truck when Ennis comes to pick her up. Alma Jr. knows that she won't be getting Ennis's un-divided attention during this visit. I think the "good enough" comment might be infused with a little bit of all these issues.
And for the record, I do think that Alma Jr. knew about Ennis... but I'm not sure when she figured it out. I feel sure she knows by the end, but it's certainly not clear to me how old she was when she first understood. All of this is part of that pesky "space"... between what we know and believe.
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