tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post1020123409365187316..comments2024-01-08T17:53:50.573-06:00Comments on Joy Preble: New charactersJoy Preblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-44444995791807264142007-08-08T18:52:00.000-05:002007-08-08T18:52:00.000-05:00About villains: I've often heard actors playing a...About villains: I've often heard actors playing a villain in a film say that the way they play them is by NOT seeing their behavior as villainous. So I wonder if, in real life, if evildoers see themselves as that or if they don't recognize their behavior as wrong. <BR/><BR/>And, as for Ryan and Reese, and Brad and Angelina, and Charlie and Denise, etc., etc., the best lesson I've taken away from them is that even drop-dead gorgeous girls are not enough to keep their husbands happy for life. Virtually all men long for variety and, when they look as good as Ryan, Brad, and Charlie, it is nearly inevitable that they will stray. <BR/><BR/>Let me see if I can remember it...Bill Maher sums it up something like this, "men are only as loyal as their <BR/>opportunity (to cheat)."<BR/><BR/>Some societies have accepted this as the way things are. Women do require the men to be discreet. I think some marriages would be saved and, more importantly, families left intact, if women grew up accepting this. (I stress "grew up accepting this." It's too hard for American women, like us, to accept infidelity, because it is<BR/>demonized currently.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-64789371875009450812007-08-06T13:37:00.000-05:002007-08-06T13:37:00.000-05:00Glad to hear that a new world is in the works. Exc...Glad to hear that a new world is in the works. Excellent.<BR/><BR/>I've always wondered if writers spend a lot of time creating worlds and rules for their characters that we readers don't get to know about in the finished product. Interesting characters will bring me to the table every time. Interesting characters who behave in character, that is. (Why, yes --I am looking at you, nice folks who write for House. Decide who the heck Cameron is supposed to be. Sheesh.)<BR/><BR/>As for Reese and Ryan -- didn't you get the feeling that it was because of her career? How sad. If they were just regular people who didn't have to live married life under a microscope, maybe they could have made it work.<BR/><BR/>~BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com