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I Don't Understand the Farewell Party Scene?


Is it normal to throw a party before someone goes to jail? I've never heard of such a thing.
And what was the point of the naked boy story?

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Both parts of the movie don't make any sense to me either.

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I haven't heard of a going-away party for someone who is going to jail, either. I just perceived it as something that brings forth the pretentiousness of Beth's family and how they were a little too concerned with appearances. Like, Beth's father wanted her to marry her rich ex and forgive his misdoings, and also her mother had probably known about Marty's affair but had kept quiet about it all along just to save face. And now that he was going to jail, you see him having a drink with his buddies and telling stories as if nothing is wrong, and he shows no repentance over his misdeeds. Beth can be seen watching from a distance as she harbours anger towards her father, for having cheated on her mother, for having committed a crime and then for lying to her about it all this time. Maybe she understands how her lie could have hurt Adam way more than she would've wanted it to, because just like her father's lies, her lie wasn't a personal attack on Adam in any manner but she still broke Adam's trust, much like her father broke her's. Her family and their friends' personalities were in a stark contrast to Adam's , the former lied all the time and cared too much about how people perceived them whereas Adam always spoke the truth and was maybe more trustworthy as a result, he was never two faced nor was he scared to speak his mind like the 'NTs' she knew. I might be reading too much into this!

As for the story, The King's New Clothes, I think the boy who blurted out the truth without any regards for the consequences reminded Beth of Adam. Perhaps they put in that scene to emphasize upon how Beth was starting to appreciate all the facets of Adam's personality, he made her see things in a new light and his honesty was like a breath of fresh air in her life. She had just gotten out of a bad relationship where the guy had cheated on her and her father had ceased to mention his trial to her before their lunch (maybe she felt betrayed that he mentioned it only in passing as if he was talking about a play he saw, instead of confiding in her the minute he faced all those problems).

I might be slightly wrong about the exact chronological order of these events,it's been a while since i watched it. It's one of my favourites, though.

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