Only Successful Men Are Worth Relationships?

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it's a common _human_ attitude; fortunately, not universal. But does the movie suggest it, or just make the point that life sometimes goes that way?

I'm not Jewish, but yeah. Why would I be attracted to an unsucessful man??

RIP Heath Ledger 1979-2008

That's not the impression I got from the movie.

Noel Airman was a man who emotionally did not want to grow up, handle responsibilities and pressures, and come to grips with the real world.

The scene where he freaks out and shouts at and insults the very people who just agreed to back his show, because of what he perceives as an offense to his own "artistic sensibilities", is the perfect example of his immaturity. This is further emphasized when he starts crying and whining in front of them like a spoiled child.

That's, in the end, who he was: a spoiled child who never emotionally and mentally grew up and learned to handle stresses, pressures, and at times, compromise. He treated Marjorie with consistent resentment, accusing her of "riding" him when all she did was fall in love with him.

Noel didn't want to grow the heck up, "man up" as they say, and grow a pair. He whined and simpered because life was not as specifically perfectly structured as he would've liked it to be, and basically threw little temper tantrums all throughout their relationship because of it.

The end is particularly telling....Noel at Summerwind, playing his ONE song, surrounded by a bevy of naive, adoring girls. This is how he wants life to be--a beautiful dream where he doesn't have to face adversity or challenge of any kind.

That's why in the end, Marjorie really comprehended the man she had been so entranced with. She knew that as long as his character was that fragile, nothing she could've done would have made a marriage work.

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It is a common Jewish, Non-Jewish, Japanese, Mormon, Atheist, French, Russian, Chinese, Hungarian and Gypsy attitude.

"Why would I be attracted to an unsuccessful man?"

So it's not about the person they are, but about what they have and how well they have done? Shallow and disgusting.

JEWISH??? What a bigot! I'd say the sentiment that "only successful
men are worth relationships" would be very American, as in "The American
Dream." And can one blame Marjorie's parents? Joe Airman was a total
LOSER as a PERSON. I would've stopped at nothing to prevent Marjorie
from marrying such a self-absorbed, self-pitying jerk.

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