Fun with Dick and Jane

Tolga and I like this movie.

They both lose/quit their jobs. The best jobs they can get are for him at Kost Mart were he is reduced to taking a urine test, and she at a health club where she lies about knowing Jeet Kon Do. (They both lose these jobs within the day). They have to sell the furniture to survive. Even their lawn is repossessed. Rock bottom is hit when Dick is fighting with immigrants for day jobs and is locked up by INS, and Jane has an allergic reaction as a medical test subject.

That night, Dick is looking at his wife's swollen face and says, "I still think your beautiful'. He goes outside, and loses it. He tears up pieces of lawn from around the neighborhood to "get back his lawn." It's an ugly patch job of a lawn, but Jane in the morning gasps, "It's beautiful." Their faces swollen (Dick from a punch to the jaw), they sigh at their small triumph and unsuccessfully try to kiss each other.

The show is a comedy. But its also painful. We can relate. The loss, misfortune and the failures. And, the movie is dear. Through their fears and panic, they are each others support. They support each other. They take turns freaking out. They laugh at each other. They are on each others' side.

Not an easy thing to do during hard times. Granted these times are condensed moments with more realistic effects of stress being edited out. But, the gist is there.

Except at their rock bottom moment, they get the final notice from the bank, and this is when they turn to a life of crime.

I read a book called "The Higher Power of Lucky". It was a girl who eaves dropped on AA meetings and learned that everyone who had it tough and then experienced some sort of cathartic change were those that hit rock bottom and begin to seek a higher power. So the girl, Lucky, decides to look for the higher power because she's looking for things to change.

No matter what the situation, grand or small. I hope that it doesn't always take rock bottom for us to look for the higher power.

In the end, the couple are able to restore millions and are a part of redistributing the money to those that had lost their life's savings. They succeed, and share their success.

I like good movie endings.