This movie is an enigma of the realities of many aspects of life all wrapped around the world of news media. The storyline revolves around 3 people that you see every day and you invariably identify with one of them.
The first is the statue, or in this case, mannequin. This would be Tom, the dashing and dim newscaster. He knows he looks good, sounds good, dresses good, and doesn't mind that his brain is far from being his best aspect. He plays the game perfectly and reaps the accolades he barely has to break a sweat for. Does this make him a bad person? Nope, it makes him a winner.
This leads to our next character, Jane. Jane is hardworking, organized, cute, hyper, and sadly, as shallow as a half filled kiddie pool. She looks at Tom and all her sensibilities go out the window and her loins take over. We see this often as well. The cute girl who is attracted to the one guy who is absolutely wrong for her. You can't fault her for this, for she knows not what she does. She cannot control these feelings as she blindly focuses on her trophy man. Sadly she is not seeing our next element of the story: The Simp. About 90% of the male population in the world can identify with this guy; myself included. He is head over heels in love with Jane. He has played out an entire lifetime in his head with her being the love of his life. Walking hand in hand in parks, cooking dinner together in their kitchen, watching TV together in bed, maybe getting a dog, then having 2.4 kids. He wants this so bad with her that it hurts. He cannot accept the fact that she is falling for the mannequin and imagines that it's not happening. Man, it's a miserable way to go through life and luckily, I figured out when I was 20 that you cannot live life this way or you will end up alone forever. Aaron is a great guy. Petty, needy, and unable to face reality, but still, a great guy.
Broadcast News, to me, was a fascinating watch and truth be told, a very accurate representation of the news media. It's cut throat, it thrives on the dramatic, and it will exaggerate or flat out make up storylines for ratings. It's rare that you are actually rooting for all 3 of the main characters to have happy lives, even though they will have to achieve this completely on their own.
This is a movie I will always enjoy because, in my life, I have been all 3 of these people at one time or another.
The first is the statue, or in this case, mannequin. This would be Tom, the dashing and dim newscaster. He knows he looks good, sounds good, dresses good, and doesn't mind that his brain is far from being his best aspect. He plays the game perfectly and reaps the accolades he barely has to break a sweat for. Does this make him a bad person? Nope, it makes him a winner.
This leads to our next character, Jane. Jane is hardworking, organized, cute, hyper, and sadly, as shallow as a half filled kiddie pool. She looks at Tom and all her sensibilities go out the window and her loins take over. We see this often as well. The cute girl who is attracted to the one guy who is absolutely wrong for her. You can't fault her for this, for she knows not what she does. She cannot control these feelings as she blindly focuses on her trophy man. Sadly she is not seeing our next element of the story: The Simp. About 90% of the male population in the world can identify with this guy; myself included. He is head over heels in love with Jane. He has played out an entire lifetime in his head with her being the love of his life. Walking hand in hand in parks, cooking dinner together in their kitchen, watching TV together in bed, maybe getting a dog, then having 2.4 kids. He wants this so bad with her that it hurts. He cannot accept the fact that she is falling for the mannequin and imagines that it's not happening. Man, it's a miserable way to go through life and luckily, I figured out when I was 20 that you cannot live life this way or you will end up alone forever. Aaron is a great guy. Petty, needy, and unable to face reality, but still, a great guy.
Broadcast News, to me, was a fascinating watch and truth be told, a very accurate representation of the news media. It's cut throat, it thrives on the dramatic, and it will exaggerate or flat out make up storylines for ratings. It's rare that you are actually rooting for all 3 of the main characters to have happy lives, even though they will have to achieve this completely on their own.
This is a movie I will always enjoy because, in my life, I have been all 3 of these people at one time or another.
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