1. WHY was she so mean??
2. In 1962 the NHS began dispensing the birth control pill at very low cost, so what was up with her "wait until I get pregnant and then have abortions" method?
3. WHY was she SO MEAN?!?
Thanks. ;)
1. WHY was she so mean??
-She was your typical self-centered "IT" Girl of the day.
2. In 1962 the NHS began dispensing the birth control pill at very low cost, so what was up with her "wait until I get pregnant and then have abortions" method?
-I don't quite get this either...but I can only assume Meredith just couldn't be bothered to pop a pill everyday.
I was wondering about the meanness too. I really enjoyed the movie, but my biggest beef was that some of the characters were too extreme, almost to the point of caricature. This is especially the case for Meredith, but also true for Jos (too manic) and Georgy's dad (so single-minded in his servility). I suppose people like this exist, but to have 3 out of the 5 main characters written that way is a bit much.
shareWhen she leaves the hospital and all her cares behind and determinedly hops in that sports car, my first thought was that the baby wasn't Jos'. Her runway walk complete with smirk, attracting many second glances, and then just zooming away cemented that idea for me. Is that the idea?
Why ain't you at the garden party you heathen?
[deleted]
I don't consider Meredith to be really mean, per se, or at least not on purpose. I believe she was so self centered and concerned with her own self and no one else, that her attitude could have been interpreted as meanness.
For example, in the scene where she is leaving the hospital and all the men are staring at her walk by, it is obvious that her number one concern is to be young and admired by every man she comes in contact with. She has already forgotten about the baby and Joss and is on to the next thrill. She isn't leaving the baby to be mean, it's just that she is more concerned about her own needs and wants.
Although her actions are definitely mean to the normal person, I don't think she intended them to be that way. She simply didn't care how she affected anyone.
---I believe she was so self centered and concerned with her own self and no one else---
I agree with that. But additionally, I think the extreme was necessary to illustrate that Georgy while considered unattractive on the outside was quite beautiful on the inside, while Meridith on the other hand was attractive on the outside and quite ugly on the inside.
- Frank
"We are one big happy fleet!" - KN Singh
[deleted]
---I believe she was so self centered and concerned with her own self and no one else---But I'm not sure that "ugly on the inside" is quite the right way to describe her. Because that's the point, she wasn't mean, just self-centered. The "meanness" was just a consequence of her cold nature. But people can be called without being ugly, per se. Or at least in my opinion… Because "ugly hearted" people would do things just for the sake of being mean, because that's the very definition of meanness, I think. Meredith didn't do things just for the sake of being mean, she did things her own way, and as a consequence, some were mean. But she didn't do it just because of that. I think truly mean people do things just because of being mean. I think that's the difference between Meredith and the truly bad person. I don't think she was bad.
I agree with that. But additionally, I think the extreme was necessary to illustrate that Georgy while considered unattractive on the outside was quite beautiful on the inside, while Meridith on the other hand was attractive on the outside and quite ugly on the inside.
"Meredith didn't do things just for the sake of being mean".
In other words, she was amoral as opposed to immoral.
"But if you didn't have the expectations, you wouldn't see her that way".
I'd say it's entirely reasonable to expect a person NOT to be an as-hole.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
1 & 3: I found the character to be a caricature -- in fact I found all the characters except Georgy to be caricatures.
2: the pill doesn't work with the story line.
Edward
[deleted]
2. In 1962 the NHS began dispensing the birth control pill at very low cost, so what was up with her "wait until I get pregnant and then have abortions" method?
I agree and the pill was never 100% effective.
"Although I'm not a great romancer, your call I'm bound to answer, when you propose ..."
I agree and the pill was never 100% effective.
No method of birth control, even today, is 100% percent fool-proof; they can and sometimes do fail, despite the best efforts and responsible behaviors among sexually active people.
Meredith, however, struck me as an irresponsible, self-centered, immature person who really didn't give a rat's ass about the consequences of her arrogance and stupidity until it ultimately backfired on her...she became pregnant. That being said, I'd be willing to bet the farm that Meredith probably didn't even bother to use any type of contraception...that she was too cavalier about sex to care, until it came home to roost for her, if one gets the drift.
Jos, on the other hand, was also somebody who didn't give a rat's ass about the consequences of his actions and behaviors, either. He and Meredith had a lot in common and probably deserved each other; they were both immature and irresponsible people who couldn't have cared less about the consequences of their actions until it boomeranged back at them. What goes around comes around, imho.
[deleted]