So while here in The City for a stent of tedium I signed up for a free month of netflix. As many of my closest confidants know I am a self professed action flick fan, comedy flick fan, thriller fan, classic movie fan...basically everything but chick flicks. I have long voiced my outrage at many a girls love for "delusional sap.fests", however as my free month comes to a close I realize that I am in denial.
I Alex Foxworth am in love with all romantic movies, all kinds, all shapes and all forms whether a period piece or a modern.
Why? Well I've begun to try and discover the reason. I think its root is the unyielding faith I have in finding my male counterpart. I have always been raised with two halves of philosophy, side one is the cinderella story, side two is the independent feminist side. The Cinderella side states, as all girls know, that someday our prince will come charging in on his white horse or what have you then it will be on to the timeworn "happily ever after". The second side has worn into my very being by my mom and dad. They raised me to never expect things to just happen, that I have to run out and get them if I want them bad enough. They tell me that I don't need a boy to make me happy, that I can do whatever I want without one. That I don't need man to make me happy. Their right I have grown to realize that I don't need someone to rescue me, I can do it myself.
However I have always held the image of prince charming in the back of my mind. I haven't been able to relinquish the hope that he is out there. No matter how many times I falter, fall, and fail in love I still find myself thinking that its ok, I'll find him someday or he'll find me.
Many would say that I cannot have such opposing ideas, they don't mix. I do though and I think thats ok and whether it is or not well we'll find out wont we.
Chick flicks however slightly delusional keep me hopeful. Hopeful that someday a Hugh Jackman look-a-like will come sweep me off my feet in the middle of NYC traffic.....heres to hoping.
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