I hope your Valentine’s Day Weekend with your sweetie was filled with romance, flowers, chocolates, and—most importantly—some great Valentine’s themed programming.
On Lifetime: lots of romantic movies including the classic Pretty Woman starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. What is it about this movie that makes it as sweet and endearing today as it was in 1990? Maybe it is the scene in the elevator when Edward and Vivian are on their way to the opera and Vivian tells Edward “In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight.” Perhaps it is the end of the movie when Edward climbs the stairs to Vivian’s apartment, grabs her in his arms, and asks her "so what happens after he climbs up and rescues her?" Mix in a couple of steamy love scenes, and even in spite of the network edits and commercial breaks, Pretty Woman was still entertaining and inspiring.
On Oxygen: a Snapped marathon. For those of you who don’t know, Snapped is a true crime series about female killers. When I am not feeling squeamish, Snapped is my guilty pleasure. I still don’t quite understand why this show is on this channel. When I think Oxygen, I think girl power. I guess Snapped is just proof that a woman can do anything a man can do, be it run a Fortune 500 company or kill your husband to collect his insurance policy in order to start your life with your lover.
On WE tv: marathons of Platinum Weddings, Rich Bride Poor Bride, and Bridezilla. I thought that after my wedding, I would no longer watch these shows. That could not be further from the truth. I watch and think “was I as bad as her?” or “one week after her wedding she won’t care about that one missing centerpiece.” These shows, while great fun, beg the question—is Bridezilla real or an industry myth (to be continued…)?
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