No guy can stand it. No matter how tough you think you are, no matter how much you can bench, or how much facial hair you can grow in a day, when it comes to crying all men are created equal. We hate it, society teaches us it’s weak, and when confronted by a crying person we’re left defenseless. For Hildy Johnson, crying was her ace of spades that she played on Walter Burns to break his macho act. His Girl Friday is yet another example of the male species weakness to a woman in tears.
Walter put on a show pretending he wanted Hildy to leave him for Bruce. She believed him too, but he could no longer pull off the stunt when Hildy started crying. Hildy breaking down into tears was the turning point in the two lovers’ final fight which prompted Walter to reconcile their problems and get back together. In other words, once the girl cried, he didn’t stand a chance.
For me and my fellow men, it is a natural response to try and be comforting. Our primary objective is not to fix what’s wrong; first it’s to stop the waterworks. A woman in tears is too much to bear for our hearts. No man can look at that and not feel remorse or sorrow. Crying has the power to break even the most evil and twisted hearts. So how powerful is the act of crying? In His Girl Friday it led Walter and Hildy to get remarried. What other human phenomenon can produce this type of result?
Walter put on a show pretending he wanted Hildy to leave him for Bruce. She believed him too, but he could no longer pull off the stunt when Hildy started crying. Hildy breaking down into tears was the turning point in the two lovers’ final fight which prompted Walter to reconcile their problems and get back together. In other words, once the girl cried, he didn’t stand a chance.
For me and my fellow men, it is a natural response to try and be comforting. Our primary objective is not to fix what’s wrong; first it’s to stop the waterworks. A woman in tears is too much to bear for our hearts. No man can look at that and not feel remorse or sorrow. Crying has the power to break even the most evil and twisted hearts. So how powerful is the act of crying? In His Girl Friday it led Walter and Hildy to get remarried. What other human phenomenon can produce this type of result?
2 comments:
Kudos Dr. Phil. Black Girl Friday, I assume, was another Screwball. It seems the genre always affords a distinct characteristic to the lead female character. In Bringing Up Baby, it was her obsessant banter. In Black Girl Friday, it must be her waterworks. Hopefully, waterworks are easier to watch then banter.
---Colin
This is a cool post because it is not typical of anything really. Like you said in my post alot of people had a problem with the fast paced dialog but I doubt that many people pointed out that Hildy cried and that men dont like crying. I agree with what you said though crying is like the final f*** you or something, after that you just cant win.
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