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anyone notice?

posted 20 years ago by dgave
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Did anyone besides me notice this? When Candy's infidelity is found out, she shows absolutely no regard for her husband's feelings. She literally follows
Darlene around begging her forgiveness for hurting their friendship, but never once apologizes to her husband or shows that she cares at all about him -- not even when Darlene tells her that it is her husband, not Darlene, she should be apologizing to. The only time she seems to notice her husband at all is when she becomes angry because she thinks he is cheating on her with the Penelope Cruz character. Romantic comedies work best when the main characters are likeable. Candy, to my way of thinking, is not a likeable character at all. I would have liked it better if Roy and Darlene hooked up and left the two self-absorbed jerks (Candy and Lonnie Earl) to each other.

[–] BluSky8686 20 years ago

I would have to agree with you on this one. I was kinda hoping that Darleen and Roy would just get together in the end...

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[–] loveDetroit 20 years ago

yeah in the scene where Candy and Darlene are drinking wine coolers in the pool, Candy tells Darlene something like "I don't remember ever falling in love with Roy. We met, and got married..there really wans't any middle".

This was my first hint that maybe she really didn't love her husband, she probably had alot of feelings for him, and was "comfortable" with him, but not in love with him. Maybe that's why she neglected his feelings after he found out about the affair.

[–] edbuskirkjr 20 years ago

The impression I got from Candy's behavior towards Darlene throughout the movie (the dancing, the pool, the tub) was that Candy is in love with Darlene. I actually thought she might kiss Darlene in the pool, and when she was trying to console her after the affair with Lonnie Earl was revealed I kept expecting her to tell Darlene she loves her. It seemed to me to be a cop-out that this wasn't resolved in any way.

[–] michelleroch 19 years ago

I don't think that Candy's behavior with Darlene shows that she loves her... I think, she just loves her in a "friend" way. Remember when she tells Darlene that Lonnie Earl is a great guy and all? And yes, the scene in the pool... She is hiding something to her friend and isn't comfortable with that... And I think that she and Darlene knew each other for a long time, so it could explain why they are so close ...

[–] brsrkr 17 years ago

Maybe you have to be somewhat in tune with LGBT notions to sense the lesbian attraction. Candy looks hot for Darlene a couple of times, in my view, nevermind the longstanding concept of "lesbian invisibility".

[–] Charlize101 18 years ago

LOLLLLL that's exactly what I thought, espcially in the pool scene.
I got the impression that Candy didn't love Darlene only as a freind , don't know why but I got that impression the whole movie as well.

[–] edbuskirkjr 18 years ago

"...don't know why but I got that impression the whole movie as well."

Yeah, so did I, all three times I've seen it. Maybe Charlize Theron got that impression from the script and intentionally played it that way, maybe it was just an accident that it came across like that. No one else on this board seemed to think that, though. I wrote that post about a year and a half ago, and even after all this time it's nice to know someone else got the same impression I did. I still feel that was an unresolved plot point.

[–] Bob-45 19 years ago

I think most of you are missing the point. Roy wasn't nearly as upset as Darlene. People tend to respond to the most upset person in any situation. Candy may also have been offended because Roy didn't show more outrage.That Candy and Roy had a bunch of kids should have something about how they came to feel about each other. After all, they all got through it didn't they?

[–] dgave 19 years ago

The Roy character is none too bright and not articulate. I think the reason his reaction to the news appears to be more subdued than Darlene's is that he didn't immediately grasp what was going on. By the time he fully realizes what's happened he is stunned by the way Candy is carrying on with Darlene. I think Patrick Swayze, who isn't known as a great actor, did a good job of conveying the fact that Roy is devastated in his own confused way.

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[–] yayitskaylala 17 years ago

That was the whole point - for Candy to seem like they cared more about Darlene's feelings then her own husband's. Then, when Darlene says, "I don't need your consoling.. He's your husband! Give him your consoling!" And Roy goes, "Well, you can go first." Haha.. thats the whole point. It's halarious and adorable.
Also, like the part after that where Darlene gives Roy a big kiss, and when they finish Candy goes, "You met Tony Orlando?!" (I'm not sure how to spell his last name..) They make it clear that she doesn't really care.. until the end when she realizes she does love him.

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[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

I noticed that as well and made a similar remark to my friend when we watched this. It seems she cared more about her friend's feelings than her husband's. Maybe she though her husband was a captive audience. Regardless, the apology to the friend seemed over the top, and the apology to her husband was underwhelming indeed. Then again, she seemed to have a better kinship with her girlfriend, so maybe it's not out of the ordinary.

[–] Rpdsf 10 years ago

I watched the movie twice and Candy never did apologize to Roy, nor did she convey to him any remorse. The only thing she said that came close was that he had every right to be mad at her then she gets pissed-off and accusses him of cheating out of revenge.