(The title of my post sums up the stretch I made to relate my subject back to the movie, The Upside of Anger.) While I watched this movie, several questions came to mind that were never really answered. Not the least of which was, "why is Terry not worried about money?" I mean, if your husband left you and was not there to provide income to support you in the lifestyle to which you'd become accustomed, wouldn't you be just a teensy bit anxious? In the scene where Terry goes to the store and buys three bottles of vodka, did you notice what kind of vodka she was buying? Grey Goose? An expensive brand, to say the least. (and where are they that they can buy vodka in the grocery store?!) There is one scene where Terry tells Denny to sell her lot and he asks her if it's because she needs the money. She responds, "yes, no, I don't know." Hmmmm. Seems to me that Terry's not too worried about it. That's good, because otherwise, what would her options be? A typical woman in this situation would probably not have it so good. Terry is obviously upper class and not facing poverty in her old age. Looked like Terry's life course involved a trade off - she may not have been completely happy with her parents' choice of a husband, but his status and financial situation wasn't unpleasant. And she did get four beautiful daughters out of the bargain, at least one of whom will certainly take care of her in her old age! (children = protective factor for the parent = long term care insurance)
I'd say she looks pretty happy...
Or, maybe the upside to anger is that you get to fall in love with an ex baseball player, who just happens to not be riding the poverty line either!
I'd say she looks pretty happy...
3 comments:
Funny that you chose to mention that because I felt the same way. They obviously had to be well off or something. If something liked that, happen in my life right now, I would probably be in the first available homeless shelter if not for my wonderful perseverance. Well I have to work and I am angry that I will always have to work unless I can win the lotto or someone passes and leaves me a fortune. Which is not going to occur anytime soon? Just a thought though, I wonder why some people have luck and win millions of dollars and why in the hell can't I be next in line...God if you are listening...Please let Angelique be next.
That was an issue in the movie that irked me. But, I guess if Terry had been lower class the name of the movie wouldn't have been the Upside of Anger and would have just been Anger. I knew from the very beginning of the movie that her husband must actually be dead and not have run off with his secretary. Why didn't anyone think to file a missing person's report? I mean, after all that time of him being gone and her being such a, forgive my language, bitch, I'm not sure how nobody thought that she actually killed him. But that's aside from the point. I did think that it was strange for her to not be worried about money, adamant that her daughters would all go to college, and stocking up on expensive vodka when she was unemployed and her husband, the bread winner, had just left her.
Personally, I can't imagine not working. I mean, I can imagine it, but I actually like working. I like staying busy, I like interacting with people, and I certainly like making money!
Greetings Kristin,
I fully understand your concerns. After all, this is a movie. Your observations are on target. I think that her anger and substance abuse may have prevented her from focusing on her many things but one thing that is very clear to me is that she was emotionally divorced from her husband possibly years before his death. Thanks for an interesting post and for keeping it real!
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