For any of you who partake in watching the television show gossipgirl (and for those who don't but want to see some literary jargon in action)...
The most recent episode circa Monday the 17th showcased an existentialist theme in a delightful way. Choice, which is quite Meursault-esque and that it will land a character in prison makes the connection even a bit more spooky...
Choice #1: Vanessa and Chuck invite Nate over to the gallery under the ruse that it's an emergency. Then an FBI guy steps out of the shadows wanting to talk to Nate about his father (who is back in town, after having ran away to Dominica, turns out he was planning to hold Nate and Nate's mother for ransom to make money to support himself, anyway...).
Choice #2: Nate decides to talk and reveals where his father is. He arrives before the FBI to persuade his father to turn himself in and be accountable for his actions rather than run away again.
Choice #3: Nate's father decides to go peacefully with the FBI and turns himself in.
Another interesting note with some of the feminist theory, when Nate convinces his father, he says something along the lines of "be a man" and face it. Wowsers patriarchal binary thought really is everywhere.
By the way, can't you tell I just love using ellipsis... :)
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First, let me prelude by saying, I love gossipgirl.
Second, I love the relevancy of this! I think existentialism can be really hard to grasp/spell so for you to pull something out that I can understand is greatly appreciated.
Nate did make a choice and I think the existentialist part of it is that it wasn't necessarily a popular one or one that considered others. Nate made it very much as a personal responsibility thing. His fathers' life and rep was put in jeapordy but Nate did what he had to do.
OMG..(had to say it) I LOVE GG!
so not only was nate's choice relevant to existentialism but also Jenny's to chose the respect of her family over her own self centered ambitions. When Jenny was forced to choose between her father/daughter relationship and fashion at first she choose fashion but with Rufus's outlook on parenting and setting those you love free for them to come and realize that you are what they need and come back worked.
I think something similar is going on between S and Dan. There is an underlining existentialist theme between the two characters. So far it is just unspoken body language...(BTW No GG This week see ya next week..)
xoxo
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