Virgilia's marriage
Do you think Virgilia married Grady out of love for him or did she want to make a statement about equality.
Both. But she seemed a tad on the crazy side...
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I'd say it was a statement, or came across so because Kirstie Alley and the guy who played Grady had no chemistry whatsoever.
shareDo you think Virgilia married Grady out of love for him or did she want to make a statement about equality.
Hindsight being what it is, I think she CLEARLY loved him, no question. She chose him over her family. She struggled in poverty for him. The way she grieved his death. She saw Grady as a man, even if the world they lived in (Dred Scott Decision) did not.
As far as "making a statement about equality," I think it was just in her nature to do so. She wasn't about to apologize for being with him. share
She was *beep* crazy. She only married him to make a statement, although the idea of being with a black slave was probably also a turn on for her. She didn't love him and I doubt Grady loved her. He only used her for his own cause.
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