Love & Romance, Hollywood Style [Period 4, Class 5]

[carpe_demon]

Drake was playing some somewhat creepy music when the students arrived for class. "Today we're going to take a trip to the dark side," he said. "No, don't go running for the nearest witch with a vanquish potion, I'm talking about obsessive love. I've got two examples for you today."

A snap of his fingers, and the projector started rolling. "In meta for Sleeping with the Enemy," Drake began, "Laura is married to an abusive, controlling, possessive husband. So she fakes her own death and runs away to start a new life. Of course, psycho hubby hunts her down. He beats up her new boyfriend and tells Laura that he loves her, he can't live without her, and he won't let her live without him. But Laura's built up a spine in the meantime, and she grabs a gun and blows the psycho away.

"Now, in Fatal Attraction," Drake continued, "the sexes get reversed. Dan cheats on his wife with Alex while his wife and daughter are out of town. When wifey comes back, Dan cuts things off. But Alex doesn't want to let go. She makes a suicide attempt and then starts stalking Dan and spying on his family. She even boils the pet bunny. Eventually she decides to kill Beth, Dan's wife, seeing her as the obstacle between her and Dan's love. Dan attempts to drown her and then Beth blows her away."

Drake stopped the clips and turned his attention back to the class. "Alex claimed to love Dan, and Laura's husband said he loved her. Was that really love? What would you do if you were caught up in those circumstances? And why do teenage girls sometimes think sparkly controlling, suffocating engine-stealing boys are so dreamy?"

Comments

TAs [L&R: Class Five]

[carpe_demon]

"I can't live without them. And I won't let them live without me."

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Five]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Kennedy was mostly resigned to TAing this class by now, which didn't stop her from constantly shooting wary glances Drake's way. She had her feet hooked in the rungs of her chair and a half-curious, half-skeptical look on her face.

And kept sneaking quick games of Doodle Jump on her iPhone.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Five]

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona was just a bit creeped out by this idea. And then she started wondering about how her father had sat outside the pizza place most days. Was that stalking of a kind? Or just the only place he had to go?