Constance Lever-Tracy (socl.n.ss@psy1.ssn.flinders.edu.au)
Sun, 3 May 1998 07:30:06 +0000
>Okay - firstly, if you haven't seen Chance Is a Fine Thing, my reply may
>be a /little/ bit of a spoiler. SO here's three lines of space to enjoy
>while you decide if you want to go on...
(comments at end of message)
>I thought the chance meeting was really good in the context of the
>Kenny's emphasis on destiny. I suppose according to Kenny's final
>theory of the cosmos, the moral is that if he'd been meant to meet her
>properly, he would have; although you could say that the incident was
>him missing the chance fate threw him. In following the latter way of
>thinking, I always found it rather symbolic that the possible "reason"
>(Iknow this could be argued) that Kenny didn't talk more to the girl was
>that he was on the phone to Lynda. I remember thinking "poor old Kenny
>- his opportunities go begging again due to his friendship with Lynda".
>You may remember that the reason he lost track of the girl in the first
>place was he was sorting out the Spike and Lynda situation.
>Actually (gee this is getting longer than I thought), in terms of the
>overall main plot of PressGang up to that point (ie Spike and Lynda -
>will they ever get together), Kenny's is the most noble of sacrifices.
>He "gives up"*[1] his chance at a relationship which seems perfect*[2]
>in order to resolve the problems of his two best friends*[3] and, in
>doing so, the anxiety of all of those who had been following "this dopey
>love story since Page One (sic)".
>Comments awaited,
>Murray
Ok comments
1) do you usually talk to strangers who happen to knock at your door
asking for directions ?
2)" In chance is a Fine thing" - Kenny is not sorting out Lynda and
Spike when he's talking to her on the phone - Lynda's appologising
and their talking about Colin.
Natacha
*Footnotes:
(1) - While the sacrifice only becomes apparent in hindsight, it is a
sacrifice he makes nonetheless.
(2) - I'm assuming that, the uncertainties of life notwithstanding, we
can agree that the Dublin girl was always written as Kenny's perfect
match).
(3) - While it is certainly never mentioned who Kenny's "second-best
friend" might be, I am willing to back up this assertion to an extent if
it is wanted.
___________________________________________________________________
Murray Head <muzza@omen.net.au> http://www.omen.net.au/~muzza/
Also at mhead@anhb.uwa.edu.au (Anatomy & Human Biology, UWA)
Australasian Society for Human Biology http://anhb.uwa.edu.au/ASHB/
"I invented calm - I only have a pulse on weekends"- Kenny(4 U MW :))
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