This morning I was watching a tribute to Nora Ephron, one of my writing heroes, on CBS Sunday Morning. I was thinking about how her movies always make me feel good. The only problem is that many of the films, Sleepless in Seattle, You Got Mail, and When Harry Met Sally is that in the end, the hero is finding love, with someone else. I want to create a story/film about where the superhero is a Spinster. A tale of the single , never married. Its not that finding a partner is bad, no not at all. But it does not have to be the hero at the end of the movie. How about the hero is the struggle you did it yourself. My mom installed a toilet by herself, isn't she a hero ? Lets celebrate taking things on , on our own. I find I love Mary Tyler Moore for that reason. The show celebrates, her taking on a new role and doing it single. I like that the show does not remind us that she is single and we need to find her a boyfriend or she will be no good. We just simple enjoy watching Mary go through the motions, on her own. I find it comical to watch a couple trip over each other, as well do I love to watch the single trip herself as well, and then get back up and laugh . I wish Nora was alive, I would love to pitch her the idea. I guess I am going to have to figure how to write it,, myself.
Do it!
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