Lessons from Louise

There’s a plethora of movies dealing with affairs. Affairs are a popular theme in many motion pictures. There’s a reason for this. The questions raised by affairs demand answers. Sadly, many of the Hollywood answers are either inadequate or wrong-headed when it comes to affairs.

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One movie about affairs worth seeing is ‘Serious Moonlight’. Although the critics didn’t like it, the issues it raises about affairs need answers. In the movie, Louise discovers her husband is having an affair. On discovering his affair, she takes things into her own hands to the point of holding her husband captive with duct tape.

The critics considered Louise’s actions bordering on criminality. The serious question raised is one of how far you should go in keeping your spouse from cheating. A comedic series of mishaps occur bringing the cheater, the lover and the rejected spouse into some uncomfortable situations. Although the movie is termed a ‘black comedy’, in real life, you’ll likely find yourself in some awkward situations as well.

Since there is no manual on “Best Ways of Handling Your Spouse’s Lover and other Awkward Situations Spawned by An Affair”, you’re largely on your own. This film raises the questions that you and your spouse may find yourselves facing. Serious Moonlight provides a way of opening the door of discussion on awkward topic.

Louise took her intervention to an extreme. Affairs take you to extremes. When faced with such a situation in your life, who knows how far you’ll take things or how far you want to take things. Who’s to say, you wouldn’t handle things like Louise? There are times you wonder what would happen “if” you took it that far. Serious Moonlight dares looking into how far things can be taken, duct tape and all.

Since the award winning screenwriter (Adriane Shelly) was murdered prior to the film being completed, we’ll never know what she intended to convey in the movie.  The film will definitely get you thinking and give you plenty of things worth discussing about affairs and extremes.

Best Regards,

Jeff

PS -You’ll likely find some answers to questions raised by Serious Moonlight in the e-book, ‘Why Wasn’t I Enough?“.

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