Unlike books that leave much to the imagination of the reader, movies shape imagination via the actors chosen to play roles. If there are positive attributes associated with the actors, they spill-over and create a halo effect irrespective of the role. For instance, did you develop more empathy for cheaters after SRK, the emperor of romance, played one in KANK? When I first watched the movie, I had anything but empathy for the character. The unfairness of it all stung me deep. Especially since the consent of the respective spouses had not been obtained.
As I later reflected on the movie, I saw that SRK eventually did the ‘right’ thing by opting for the divorce, staying away from his lover and then got married to her after a gap. Marriages to affair partners don’t last as easily, but why bring in dosages of reality?
After writing about it in the context of neuroticism, I have found myself thinking about the role that Abhishek Bachchan’s casting has played in making con artists more acceptable. He comes across as a nice, funny guy who is westernised, and this has got highlighted multiple times in movies, including in KANK. In ‘Bluffmaster’, he cons and lies to his girlfriend and somehow by the end of the movie, he is back with her after a series of events that can pass off as light-hearted comedy.
Listen to this song. Does anything suggest that a con artist is at play? Or are we happy ignoring signs when he sings, “Yeah I'm a bad boy” because she is quick to sing, “But I'm a good girl” and asks him to come to her so that things get better.
As I later reflected on the movie, I saw that SRK eventually did the ‘right’ thing by opting for the divorce, staying away from his lover and then got married to her after a gap. Marriages to affair partners don’t last as easily, but why bring in dosages of reality?
After writing about it in the context of neuroticism, I have found myself thinking about the role that Abhishek Bachchan’s casting has played in making con artists more acceptable. He comes across as a nice, funny guy who is westernised, and this has got highlighted multiple times in movies, including in KANK. In ‘Bluffmaster’, he cons and lies to his girlfriend and somehow by the end of the movie, he is back with her after a series of events that can pass off as light-hearted comedy.
Listen to this song. Does anything suggest that a con artist is at play? Or are we happy ignoring signs when he sings, “Yeah I'm a bad boy” because she is quick to sing, “But I'm a good girl” and asks him to come to her so that things get better.
It takes a special woman, that's all?
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