barefoot in the park...

corie: I don't know what he wants... I don't know how to make him happy... What am I going to do, Mother?

ethel: That's the first time you've asked my advice since you're 10... It's really very simple... All you have to do is give up a little bit of you for him... Don't make everything a game... just late at night in that little room upstairs, take care of him... Make him feel important... If you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage like 2 out of every 10 couples... You'll be one of the two, baby.

wow... even after, hmmmm... when was the last time i watched Barefoot in the Park? say... when i was still in college...? i am not fond of old movies but this romantic comedy film of robert redford and jane fonda is one of the very few i've loved... and even up to now, it still is a valentine treat...

corie (fonda) and paul's (redford) romanticism narrates the woes borne from a newly wed's puppy love but corie, being the frivolous spirit and paul, as the 'stuffed shirt', discovers early in their married life that to make it work, they both just have to compromise with each other... just like what corie's wry but well-meaning mother said, 'give up a little bit of you...'

corie: Paul! Aah! You're going to kill yourself! Come down!

paul: No, I want to be a nut just like everybody else in this building!

corie: No, I don't want you to be a nut... Come down.

paul: No... Not until you've said it again, loud and clear.

corie: Anything, Paul, anything.

paul: My husband...

corie: My husband...

paul: Ah-choo! Paul Bratter...

corie Paul Bratter...

paul: rising young attorney...

corie: rising young attorney...

paul: is a lousy, stinking drunk...

corie: Is a lousy, stinking drunk... and I love him.

paul: I love you, too, Corie... Even when I didn't like you, I loved you.



woohoo... some shit... forgive me for being queer... but i think i'm a corie... hahaha!