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What if....
2robots4u:
These are all beautiful possibilities, and none to really diagree with. But after thinking about it for a while, I wonder if Jr. would have had any clue as to what the shirts mean, other than just 2 shirts hanging on the door. The post card? I think she would see it simply as a memento of a place her dad liked.
In all the descriptions I've read of Jr.'s reaction to Ennis's question, latrjoreme's "slow, sympathetic smile" is perfect. When the smile starts, I just want to reach out and hug the girl for all she's worth...it is the face of a Botticelli angel. For those of you who may not know, Botticelli was a Renaissance painter (circa 1510), probably most famous for his painting "The Birth of Venus".
Thanks to all for such great insights.
And in response to the gentleman from the UK, I will use my name from now own...Doug
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: [email protected] on August 04, 2006, 01:40:43 pm ---In all the descriptions I've read of Jr.'s reaction to Ennis's question, latrjoreme's "slow, sympathetic smile" is perfect.
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Thanks, Doug! :) (And BTW, Doug is a lot easier to type than 2robots4u.)
And you may be right, Alma Jr. might not recognize the significance of the shrine. I had this other vision of her opening the closet and thinking, "Uh-oh, these shirts need washing. Poor Daddy, stuck way out here with no washing machine and so far from the laundromat. Oh well, I'll just take them home and throw them in with my next load."
Yet another addition to the laundry symbolism in the movie!
Seriously, I think she might realize something was up. The rest of Ennis' trailer is so austere that, if nothing else, the post card would stand out. (And maybe the fact that the lightweight plaid shirt is on the outside of the heavier denim; the opposite of how most people would wear them.)
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 04, 2006, 02:10:33 pm ---Thanks, Doug! :) (And BTW, Doug is a lot easier to type than 2robots4u.)
And you may be right, Alma Jr. might not recognize the significance of the shrine. I had this other vision of her opening the closet and thinking, "Uh-oh, these shirts need washing. Poor Daddy, stuck way out here with no washing machine and so far from the laundromat. Oh well, I'll just take them home and throw them in with my next load."
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I don't think she would thought anthing other that shirts hanging on the door, but I think something would have kept her from taking them and washing them.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on August 04, 2006, 02:10:33 pm ---Thanks, Doug! :) (And BTW, Doug is a lot easier to type than 2robots4u.)
And you may be right, Alma Jr. might not recognize the significance of the shrine. I had this other vision of her opening the closet and thinking, "Uh-oh, these shirts need washing. Poor Daddy, stuck way out here with no washing machine and so far from the laundromat. Oh well, I'll just take them home and throw them in with my next load."
Yet another addition to the laundry symbolism in the movie!
Seriously, I think she might realize something was up. The rest of Ennis' trailer is so austere that, if nothing else, the post card would stand out. (And maybe the fact that the lightweight plaid shirt is on the outside of the heavier denim; the opposite of how most people would wear them.
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Agreed. And if we dig a little deeper, I've gotta believe that in the space between Jack's death and that visit to Ennis' trailer, she'd have had to notice a sadness having descended upon her Daddy that eclipsed his already stoic nature. I fully believe she'd see the shirts hanging in that way - separate from the others in the closet and hanging enshrined on the door like that - and knowing that her Dad never wore solid color/dark shirts (mine never has, either, come to think of it - he'll wear a solid sweater over a plaid or patterned shirt, but he never wears solid color button-down shirts), she'd know.
I love that smile of hers when Ennis asks her if "this Kurt" loves her, too. And the one when he agrees to come to her wedding - that one makes my heart sing even more loudly than the one before it.
2robots4u:
ednbarby..I got confused. It was the 2nd smile to which I should have been referring. Thanks for the brain jolt...Doug
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