Most of my female friends (and more than a few guy friends) have a high appreciation for the TV series Friends. In the final episode of the series, in season 10, there is a difficult situation going on between two of the main characters, Ross and Rachel. Ross and Rachel had been off and on throughout the series (to my knowledge, because I actually know very little about the show), but in the last episode, as all of the characters are leaving the apartment complex where they have all lived for 10 years, Rachel is going to Paris and Ross is staying in the United States. Ross realizes as Rachel leaves for the airport that he wants to be with her, and basically chases her down in the second half of the episode. He undergoes a lot of problems in the process, but finally catches up to her JUST as she is about to get on the plane. He pulls her aside, and basically professes his love to her, and says that he wants to be with her, so she ought not go to Paris.
Now, I was at a friends’ house when 3 girls were watching this scene. When Ross barely caught up to Rachel, haggard and stressed from his journey, just in time to profess his love to her, every girl in the room gave an audible sigh, saying how cute it was that Ross caught up to Rachel just in time, and that he would go through so much for her.
Every girl loves this scene because it portrays great feelings to a female, that a man would consider her valuable enough to go through such turmoil simply to express his feelings for her. The problems Ross experiences on the way, the tension rising between Ross and his companion, even the music in the scenes preceding the plane scene all build up to this moment. Every female wants to be Rachel at that point. The romantic doesn’t care what it cost to get there, if the decision is wise, moral, or intelligent, or even what it will cost the couple in the future. The romantic loves that touching scene where, for one brief instant, everything is laid out on the table, and vulnerability is high.
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ReplyDeleteI love the show Friends. It was the best romance provider since the premier of Pretty Woman. I will never forget when Ross and Rachel first kissed. It was definitely something everyone was discussing the next day at work and school. Friends is a great example of romantic portrayal because it includes people from many groups: lesbian/gay in Ross and Phoebie's ex spouses, Joey's prominscuity, Phoebiie's sexually free attitude, Chandler's unsure persuits for the perfect woman and Monica's persuits for the perfect man. I think that is why Friends is so popular. They speak to many types of people and include a variety of relationships, including interracial ones.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't be more romantic (little 'r'), but how's it 'Romantic'?
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