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The Comment on Adultery

posted 16 years ago by Damnea
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"Male Monogamy remains an elusive yet much methodologized practice throughout the world. In many Bedouin tribes, powerful men are encouraged to take multiple wives. In contemporary France, mistresses are de regard and are quietly tolerated. But for the women of the East Side, adultery is pathologically ignored."

I don't know about about the Bedouin tribes and the East Side women, but I can say this statement is absolutely wrong for contemporary France! I'm even a little outraged...

French women do not tolerate adultery, some may turn a blind eye to it as in every country, but most of us would ditch a guy in the blink of an eye if he had cheated!

I mean come on, we are no more stupid that American women (East Side excluded apparently) or women from any other country.

This coming from someone who is supposed to study anthropology and know her topic is quite dissapointing.

I know it's only a movie which has a relatively little audience but anyway, this is the kind of stuff from which stereotypes arise...

So French people : we were rude, frog-eating, snail-eating, beret-wearing, baguette-addicts who don't shave nor shower, no we have to add this to the long list?

I quite liked the movie anyway, but I really wanted to kick up a stink.

"A vaincre sans périls on triomphe sans gloire"

[–] yossarian100 16 years ago

People who pick up their stereotypes from movies will probably fail to appreciate your comments, East Side American women excepted. However, I think monogamy, male or female, still remains an elusive concept, even if Annie was wrong about the French. I mean, it's just a movie. I wasn't expecting a serious treatise on anthropology.

You may not be rude, frog-eating, snail-eating, beret-wearing, baguette-addicts who don't shave or shower, but you guys still like Jerry Lewis, right? I say this as an overly friendly, BBQ-eating, steak-eating, cowboy hat wearing, muffin addict who shaves and showers way too often.

I quite liked the movie, too, but, hey, feel free to kick up as much stink as you like. I'd eat snails with you any day.

"I left everything, and everyone. But no one, no one has ever left me."

[–] Damnea 16 years ago

"but you guys still like Jerry Lewis, right?"

Jerry who? Lol, I know who he is but personnally I've never seen anything he made... Jerry Lee Lewis on the other hand I quite like. But back to Jerry Lewis, I never heard anything about him in France, so I guess if we liked him back in the day, he is now completely forgotten!

Next time you're in France, give me a shout, I'll go and pick up snails for you! lol.

"A vaincre sans périls on triomphe sans gloire"

[–] yossarian100 16 years ago

Regarding Jerry Lewis, if you can lay your hands on a VHS copy (It hasn't been released on DVD) of ROCK A BYE BABY, that pretty much showcases his many talents. Or, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, which would be my second choice.

"Back in the day," huh? Yeah, I'm old.

Next time I'm in France, we'll hook up and dine on escargot, watch LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE by Leos Carax, listen to an Edith Piaf CD, and stalk Juliette Binochet for an autograph.

To keep this post on subject, I'm going to say THE NANNY DIARIES, adultery, Scarlett Johansson, and anthropology.

I would have sent this as a private message but you'd just think I was being a pest.

ayez un beau jour

"I left everything, and everyone. But no one, no one has ever left me."

[–] roell29 16 years ago

I read somewhere that the myth about the French loving Jerry Lewis got started after a French professor wrote a paper theorizing that the whacked-out characters Jerry Lewis portrayed symbolized perfectly the schizophrenic nature of American society in general. And from that rather unflattering proposal, somehow the absurd myth was born that the French love Jerry Lewis. Schizophrenia indeed.

[–] Belle-Et-La-B 14 years ago

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Escargot!

Sheila, you should put away your anger and Debbie, you should put away your stupid.

[–] machbreaker 16 years ago

"if by chance my report stereotypes or geographically profiles, forgive me, i'm not exactly an objective observer." -- annie braddock, "the nanny diaries"

[–] momsoonihope-1 16 years ago

I think she's referring to not being objective about East side women... i'm sure she can still be objective about French.

[–] lunarose 15 years ago

It's "de rigueur"

"Qui conduisait la voiture?"

[–] BennyM 15 years ago

I also found the pronunciation "day reegore" quite funny.
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[–] cabrown482 14 years ago

I believe what she is referring to is, those kind of women have a very comfortable life style and if they were to divorce over a mistress, all that would be out the window. I would like to say that they would stay for the children, but after reading the book and seeing what kind of women she was talking about, kids are an accessory. Not to every woman, mind you, just the kind of women she was accustomed to seeing and working for.
no day but today

[–] canuckteach 12 years ago

I didn't really like the movie, although I was happy with Scarlet, as I usually am. Apart from the spurious remark about unfaithfulness, I felt that the other characters were uniformly mean-spirited. Mr. X was a tool.

An earlier film of the same spirit (people with money) was Baby Boom, with Diane Keaton, as a wealthy, career-driven New Yorker, but the tone and the mix of humor and satire was much better.

:-) canuckteach (--:

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