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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by riffraff on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:31AM (#38058461)
> Can you think of one movie or TV show which models a realistically happy working adult marriage which isn't either sentimental and idealised, or doesn't end in drama, tragedy, and betrayal?

The parents in "That '70s show" perhaps? I see the irony in this title tho.

Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by bee_rider on Sunday October 29, 2023 @09:55AM (#38058685)
Most often when a main character on a TV show has a relationship, it exists to increase the drama. So it makes sense that we’d see healthier relationships among side-characters.
Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit... by userinanother on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:34PM (#38062486)
A move about unexceptional people doing unexceptional things? Nope can’t think of many movies that would have that. Exceptional people tend to be egotistical assholes that take extreme risks and they make movies about the ones that succeed or fail spectacularly