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Shy guys in Films

Question:

The thread a few days ago about the film "The Loser" got me thinking. I tried to think of a film which successfully illustrates what been a shy guy really is like. What film has shown a shy guy completly fail with women and at the end of the movie he has achieved nothing ? I couldn’t think of anything. Most films about shy people end up with them finding someone. There is always a happy ending.  Some films such as "Gregory’s Girl" ( Scottish film made in the 1980’s) and  "Some kind of Wonderfull" opt for a different approach. In both of these the shy guy doesn’t get his dream girl but his girl buddy who has a secret crush on him. I cannot relate to modern films at all. The problem for the main male lead is who to commit to not how to attract women in the first place. The joke in Four Weddings was Hugh Grant had only slept with 9 people. Nine ? Is this supposed to be a really low figure ? Anyway I recalled a BBC comedy series called Rodger, Rodger which most people on here probably haven’t seen. There’s this guy called "Basil" I think. He’s single and spends alot of time going on blind dates and using personel ads / dating agencies. The joke is that after 10 minutes of the blind date the woman complains of an headache and leaves. It’s the running joke of the series as Basil always brings headache tablets with him. Anyway in one episode which I thought was brilliant, Basil meets this young pretty woman and the date goes well. He expects it to go badly but the girl seems to like him and of course Basil is over the moon with delight. They arrange a second date but she doesn’t turn up. On his way home Basil spots the girl with one of his workmates going into a pub. It is not explained why she stood him up. The episode ends with Basil, alone in the house, crying. I thought it was brilliant and true to life. A new series is been made and I am looking forward to it. It’s about time TV and films showed what it is like to be shy and be rejected by the opposite sex.

Response:

Because movies, like plays, are found by most when ACT III gives the conflict some sort of resolution.  Maybe a more likely ending is dying alone and eaten by wild dogs, but not a great way to end a romantic comedy. "The Putt King" <theputtk…@aol.com> wrote in message news:20030803112146.14602.00000926@mb-m02.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The thread a few days ago about the film "The Loser" got me thinking. I tried > to think of a film which successfully illustrates what been a shy guy really is > like. What film has shown a shy guy completly fail with women and at the end of > the movie he has achieved nothing ? I couldn’t think of anything. > Most films about shy people end up with them finding someone. There is always a > happy ending.  Some films such as "Gregory’s Girl" ( Scottish film made in the > 1980’s) and  "Some kind of Wonderfull" opt for a different approach. In both of > these the shy guy doesn’t get his dream girl but his girl buddy who has a > secret crush on him. I cannot relate to modern films at all. The problem for > the main male lead is who to commit to not how to attract women in the first > place. The joke in Four Weddings was Hugh Grant had only slept with 9 people. > Nine ? Is this supposed to be a really low figure ? > Anyway I recalled a BBC comedy series called Rodger, Rodger which most people > on here probably haven’t seen. There’s this guy called "Basil" I think. He’s > single and spends alot of time going on blind dates and using personel ads / > dating agencies. The joke is that after 10 minutes of the blind date the woman > complains of an headache and leaves. It’s the running joke of the series as > Basil always brings headache tablets with him. > Anyway in one episode which I thought was brilliant, Basil meets this young > pretty woman and the date goes well. He expects it to go badly but the girl > seems to like him and of course Basil is over the moon with delight. They > arrange a second date but she doesn’t turn up. On his way home Basil spots the > girl with one of his workmates going into a pub. It is not explained why she > stood him up. The episode ends with Basil, alone in the house, crying. > I thought it was brilliant and true to life. A new series is been made and I am > looking forward to it. It’s about time TV and films showed what it is like to > be shy and be rejected by the opposite sex.

Response:

>It’s about time TV and films showed what it is like to >be shy and be rejected by the opposite sex.

  TV is always unrealistic about Boy/Girl relationships. Take the show "Wonder Years" for example. The girl Winnie would have wanted a better looking, more popular boy than the character played by Fred Savage. TV portrayals of women are so ridiculous and they attempt to show women’s demands as modest when nothing could be further from reality.

Response:

>They >arrange a second date but she doesn’t turn up. On his way home Basil spots >the >girl with one of his workmates going into a pub. It is not explained why she >stood him up. The episode ends with Basil, alone in the house, crying.

That’s the kind of MOVIE I want to see…..I would go for that, but it will never happen – mainstream society prefers to sweep our problems under the rug and act like they don’t exist.

Response:

eerie said >Because movies, like plays, are found by most when ACT III gives the >conflict some sort of resolution.  Maybe a more likely ending is dying alone >and eaten by wild dogs, but not a great way to end a romantic comedy.

..but stories are not.  Especially not ‘literary’ stories. Idea here. Idea. — http://animeg.blogspot.com/ <–yet another shitty blog. http://members.fortunecity.com/animeg3282/ <—Fancy Lala Club! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fancy_lala  <mailing list for Lala fans

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"Eerie Rodent of Unusual Size & Typing Ability" <Departm…@fKeepingItReal.gov> wrote in message <news:EV9Xa.28306$Je.20241@fed1read04>… > Because movies, like plays, are found by most when ACT III gives the > conflict some sort of resolution.  Maybe a more likely ending is dying alone > and eaten by wild dogs, but not a great way to end a romantic comedy.

The Putt King

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