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11: Champagne and Bon-bons
In so many of the movies I rented with Mr. Netlix, I saw the same Fairy Tale story I'd grown up with: Girl meets Boy, they fall deeply in love, and Live Happily Ever After. Are we just supposed to believe that life unfolds seemlessly after that? What if the princess does not want to Windex the microwave after every meal, nor attend 4-hour kid birthday parties, or sit next to Bob at a dinner party who brags he's got a $15k nut to bust every month? What about traveling, just saying no to a mortgage, or maintaining a love relationship from two different residences? A kind of Frida and Diego deal, only without the drama of him sleeping with your sister?
Then there's another Fairy Tale Fantasy to beware of: Champagne and Bon-bons. In this story, the maiden sits in a luxurious lair sipping armagnac while nibbling Peruvian dark chocolate with acai nuts, leaving her pleasure palace regularly to shop. After growing tired from carrying all those designer-label goods, she stops by her friend's, Trustfund Timothy's, for an 18-course meal, including foix gras, cornish game hens in pomegranete jus, followed by a torte glazed in raspberry foam. If she doesn't have a friend like that, no problema. She can simply dine out with Visa.
There’s an interesting thing that happens with a limited budget. You have to be more creative.
– Julie Taymor, Filmmaker
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