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Welcome to NIRVANA
by Nina (aka
Wymzee)
If you're at all like me -
no, don't faint - then you're probably a hopeless
romantic. I knew I was in big trouble, way back in
1960, at a showing of "West Side Story." Little
Nina, age 10, and weeping uncontrollably, stood up
in the jam-packed Syosset Cinerama theater, and
cried, "Bernardo, you're not dead, you're not!" My
neighbors never took me to the movies again. Not a
bad decision. I got worse.
Maybe you aren't that far
gone. Not sure? Well, do you start to cry the
minute you hear an old love song, or read the last
page of a great romance novel? Do you weep openly
at romantic movies? Disney movies, even the "happy"
ones? Vintage Lassie episodes? Does your breath
catch, your chest tighten, and a lump form in your
throat when an AT&T commercial comes on? Or
when you decide to thumb through old picture
albums? Most of all, are you personally distressed
when a favorite character dies in a book, or when
the "wrong" person has been chosen for a film that
you love?
If you answered "yes" to
any question, or secretly came up with one of your
own, NIRVANA might be the place for you. In this
column, you can:
N - Nag about
unhappy endings, terrible casting.
I - Invent new endings or
just
R - Rewrite old ones
V - Voice your own
opinion, or simply
A - Applaud someone else's
- For we are
N - Noraholics,
A - And we're not going to
take it anymore!
Need some examples? LOL.
Thought you'd never ask. Opinionated Wym is full of
it, uh, THEM, full of them. I only ask one thing.
That your suggestions or criticisms have a reason
behind them. I don't want NIRVANA to be a place
where someone sends in something like this: "I
hated Hallmark's `Rosehill,' a TV movie based on
Julie Garwood's wonderful novel, For the Roses. It
sucked."
Now, I would happen to
agree with that statement, but I want to know why.
We need to be constructive. Was it because the
heroine acted like a petulant child (I think she
did - totally unlike the Book's Mary Rose) Or
because they renamed the hero and made him short
(they did). Or because they gave the hero's name to
one of the brothers (they did that, too!) Or simply
because ...
***SHORT SPOILER
ALERT***
THEY KILLED OFF ONE OF THE
BROTHERS (Cole, by the way, is alive and well and
has his own book coming soon, lol.)
See the difference? Let me
vent and give a few more examples.
Why is Gone With the Wind
considered a great romance? I might agree with a
great novel, but at the end - ***ANOTHER SPOILER
ALERT*** - the love of Scarlett's life walks out
the door. Leaves her flat. What kind of happy
ending is that? Of course, Rhett did the right
thing. If I'd been him, I'd have left the
&%$$#*@, too.
Remember the TV show,
"Beauty and the Beast?" I loved it. Loved the sets,
the writing, that darling pussycat's deep, sensual
voice. And I felt betrayed when they killed off
Catherine because Linda Hamilton wanted out of the
show. Who cared if she left. I could have gotten
over that. Let her disappear. Have her go through
plastic surgery again, only this time she'll have a
new face when the bandages come off.
Saddest movie I ever saw
with the perfect ending? "Wuthering Heights."
Heathcliff was a very bad boy for most of the book
and movie. And dear Kathy did some very hurtful and
stupid things too. When she died (OOPS! Too late
for a spoiler!), it was fitting that her beloved
Heathcliff join her for eternity. Walking those
moors, hand in hand. Ahhhhhhhh.
I could go on and on (stop
nodding your head, Sue!), but this column is really
for and by YOU. So e-mail me - Wymzee. No matter
what your beef, I'll print it with your appropriate
reasons. Anything from recasting soap actors and
actresses to matching up the hero from a Gaffney
book with a heroine from a Roberts <GASP>
One last request. NIRVANA
is not the place for political, social, or economic
commentary. Our focus is romance. The wonder of it.
The joy. The humor. For the others, please contact
your local congressman.
Thanks. Hope to hear from
you soon.
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