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After watching my DVD a half Dozen times
Brown Eyes:
Awww! Thanks for the nice welcome Victoria! Yes, I'm certainly in heaven around here right now. What a truly amazing board and community.
serious crayons:
Hi Amanda! I'm so glad you're here! And as usual, I agree with pretty much everything you said.
Except maybe the exploding tire rim being preposterous. I once saw a thing on TV indicating that this is an actual danger, the cause of numerous deaths each year! Scared me out of ever even attempting to change a flat. Still, I'll admit that Lureen does sound like she's reciting a rehearsed lie.
Brown Eyes:
Hey there Friend,
:)
Well, I will always concede that it's important for the tire story to remain a possibility. I do think it should remain unclear. I probably shouldn't have used the word preposterous. And, I certainly don't want to put forth my interpretation as the only one. There are many ways to read the situation.
The *way* that Lureen describes the accident has always sounded a bit forced to me. It seems to have too many carefully described details and qualifying circumstances. It sounds rehearsed. But, keeping the accident idea on the table as a possible explanation of his death re-inforces the more important point that you made in your post earlier... The crucial thing to Ennis's story is what's going on in his own head. He immediately jumps to the conclusion about the murder scenario and it continues to reveal his inner angst. Maybe Jack did die in an accident, but Ennis immediately calls to mind a scenario (*unspoken by Lureen*) that involves persecution and violence based on his on-going anxiety.
So happy to be here!
ednbarby:
I agree, Amanda. Lureen's description of Jack's death definitely sounds rehearsed. It's as if the arm jumps back on the broken record to that bit. There's no emotion in it whatsoever, and I think the movie shows us in several little ways that she really did love Jack, so how can there be no emotion? Unless it's acted.
Nice to know you, Amanda Del Mar, by the way.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on April 08, 2006, 12:17:43 am ---Lureen's description of Jack's death definitely sounds rehearsed. It's as if the arm jumps back on the broken record to that bit. There's no emotion in it whatsoever, and I think the movie shows us in several little ways that she really did love Jack, so how can there be no emotion? Unless it's acted.
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It is rehearsed. Lureen's a widow who's had to repeat the same bizarre story so many times she has it down to a rote recitation.
When someone close to you dies, well-meaining friends and family always want to know 'what happened' even though everyone knows how painful it is to repeat the story. :( I didn't fault Lureen for her tone any more than I did my mother when my father died.
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