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- From: muen@quads.uchicago.edu (john emil muenning)
- Subject: Re: LIFE GOES ON (12/20)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.213600.21981@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:36:00 GMT
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- In message <18779@mindlink.bc.ca>, Gordon_Wong@mindlink.bc.ca (Gordon Wong)
- wrote:
-
- >* Why did Michael stake Paige out when she was working on the project? Why
- > was Michael lurking around in the middle of the night at the Thatcher
- > household? He could have contacted Paige at so many other opportunities.
-
- I'm not sure exactly why he was staking her out while she was working, but I
- don't think there was anything sinister about it. He was most likely just
- trying to see what she was up to, what kind of state of mind she was in,
- before he tried to see her again to patch things up. To say the least, he was
- in a difficult position. After all, she left him in Europe after only a few
- months of marriage and he didn't go running after her right away--even though
- it was always clear to them both that they still loved one another.
- As far as his lurking around the house, I assumed that he was trying to
- see Paige alone in the loft above the garage (where he would certainly expect
- to find her) without waking up the entire family and possibly causing a scene.
- What bothered me about the scene that did occur is the insensitivity of the
- family at this extremely delicate reunion of two people who are, after all,
- _married_. They all should have backed off immediately, on their own, without
- comments like Becka's "He got what was coming to him" or Amanda's "Stay away,
- Charles! He might be armed!" (or words to that effect). I mean, Paige never
- implied that she ever felt physically threatened by her husband, did she? Of
- course the family's behavior was consistent with the show's theme of married
- couples' having to deal with familial interference.
-
- >* Michael gets a job offer at the Art Institute for $30,000 per annum. What
- > kind of art institute would offer a "nobody" that much money? And does
- > Michael have a teaching certificate? One more thing, he never mentioned
- > where the art institute was ... was it in Spain or was it in the U.S.?
-
- The Art Institute is shorthand for the Art Institute of Chicago, which
- comprises a world-class art museum and a very-well-respected school. (The
- show takes place in a fictional Chicago suburb.) As far as I know, he
- wouldn't need a teaching certificate to teach there: (1) It's private. (2)
- It's not a high school; it's a college. Still, you're right: the salary does
- sound very high for any starting position teaching the arts.
- (Are we sure Michael's a "nobody"? He hasn't had trouble finding work
- making art since his first appearance on the show (though some of his
- commissions took him to Europe--how tragic), which is more than I can say for
- most of the artists I know. He must make _some_ money at it or he wouldn't
- have been able to travel, buy a truck, or buy Paige a $2,000 music box.)
-
- >* I think Corky should have spent dinner at home and Amanda should have spent
- > dinner at her parents'.
-
- Why? I think the ending was completely appropriate. It didn't matter where
- he or she spent dinner. What mattered (to their marriage and his maturity) is
- that they spent it together.
-
- >* Amanda is a real nag ... that is until she realized that she was a spitting
- > image of her parents. I think Amanda will always try to express her
- > superiority over Corky. I found the "You're still in high school" comment
- > quite demeaning and insulting.
-
- Yeah, you're right--she did act superior and that was a low blow, but it was
- delivered in the context of a fight. I'm not excusing it, but I think that it
- was exactly the kind of thing that couples sometimes say to one another in the
- heat of the moment (hitting where the other is most vulnerable) and regret
- later. I think she's doing her best (she's trying to overcome her parents'
- overnurturing influence, just as Corky is.
-
-
- John
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-