Reply #35: she was such a classic borderline

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I was awed at the portrayal of her in that movie and I thought it was a damn shame not to go into her history more. I felt as if the movie exploited her character in the same way that she felt the male protagonist exploited her sexually. I found it very shallow that they used her as a symbol for something in his/our mind rather than trying to understand why she behaved the way she did. She was such an interesting character. There are religious and moral overtones in that movie that kinda make you want to puke. I interpreted it more as a cautionary tale directed at men regarding infidelity than as any comment on female professionals.

Yes, the moral tone was far more offensive to me than anything implied about her career/lifestyle choices, I kind of missed that part.

It's strange because in my mind it really is her story. I don't know why I look at it that way but I do. Whatever happens on his end after he becomes involved with her is almost irrelevant even though that is most of the plot. I guess for me just portraying her as 'some crazy' he hooked up with without deliniating why she had the reactions she did kind of missed the point. Most married men that cheat, just cheat, feel bad, fess up or don't fess up, leave their wives or don't leave them, yada yada the end. But he got involved with a borderline, which is probably a statistically rare occurrence, so to use that as a cautionary tale against infidelity is really stupid, especially since the insanity comes most often from the jilted partner in situations like that.