How to fall in love
My wife and I were rummaging around the TV’s thousands of
channels and discovered Hallmark on Demand. Direct TV collected 28 of them on
this channel. I’m sure if wanted to find the hundreds upon hundreds of other
Hallmarks I could. Nonetheless, most of the 28 seemed interesting, so we tried
one.
How To Fall In Love,
2012 Hallmark. “An awkward accountant (Eric Mabius) receives dating tips from
his high school crush (Brooke D’Orsay).
We’ve talked about nerds, geeks, dorks etc. before. Here the
kid in high school was not attractive but became a good-looking man who
retained his awkwardness. He was scarred by high school and nearly gave up on
dating, until his crush, who needed work, came along to teach him. She perceived
him as a challenge but, through fine acting and good writing, she began to
realize they were a match and the same for him.
Yes, the writer used tropes, i.e. the ugly duckling becoming
a swan, the heart of gold, etc. There’s nothing wrong with that. The characters
have to be relatable. It would be more daring if the writer kept him “ugly”
physically, but, in romance, the reader usually wants fantasy.
There was a cute scene in which the hero takes another woman
out into the countryside to show off his photography hobbie. All she could do
was complain about her shoes getting ruined. This and other red flags built
until they both realized they weren’t a couple.
Sometimes the dialogue helps sterling, as well. Louis
Jordan, Is You is or is You ain’t my Baby,
1944.
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