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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It is weird to me how even on this thread people are talking about what the characters must have been thinking or their intentions or their inner thoughts or what must have been really happening in their lives. They are made up characters! They aren't real people, it isn't a real story. The are actors who learned a script and were directed to put your hand here, look this way, say this line again etc.[/b]

I don't know what made people lose sense of what fiction is. And their fan base is mostly middle aged women. I read a lot of beach trash over the years. Then you put the book down and didn't really give it too much more thought. This emotional investment by middle aged women into a fictional story and fictional characters is just bizarre.

Internet and social media have really contributed to the delusional thinking and parasocial relationships and blurred line between fiction and reality. I can see teens getting caught up in that but middle aged adults - just bizarre. [/quote]

This is such a strange take. Do you not believe in literary analysis either?

I also think you understate the what good actors bring to a role.  [/quote]

Literary analysis of beach trash? Of Harlequin romance novels? Even the author thinks it is crazy. She has a good sense of humor about it saying, I was writing a romance novel, hockey smut, I didn't mean for it to be analyzed like The Great Gatsby!

There is no inner world. The actors learned lines and are being directed in scenes - they aren't living out the story in real life! They are being told - walk here, turn your head this way, hold that position, redo that line. The actors did a great job but there isn't anything to deeply analyze because it isn't real. She churned out a series of Harlequin romance novels (that are pretty simply written) as light hearted entertainment. [/quote]

You said there is no point in considering the inner lives of fictional characters, which is ridiculous on its face. No one is arguing that HR is the screen equivalent of The Great Gatsby. It's not. But this series stands out for "showing" not "telling," which gives viewers something to note and talk about. It doesn't have to be deep.[/quote]

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