by friendociate » 09 Jan 2023, 11:46
Mainly this: A routine, everyday job (supporting- & supported by-a loving family) is 'The American Dream' (or whatever
you call "
the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved").
That said, 'movies about high-school "failures" who "make good" after high-school' (
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE,
REVENGE OF THE NERDS (and//or its sequels), etc.) are mostly made by/for people who didn't reach 'The American Dream'---to show us that--tho we
could've had good lives--we aren't failures!
(Does that sound like 'greeting-card,' 'don't be a sore loser,' 'look on the bright side,' placation? Maybe it is, but "This Too Shall Pass.")
Mainly this: A routine, everyday job (supporting- & supported by-a loving family) is 'The American Dream' (or whatever [b][u]you[/u][/b] call "[url=https://www.bing.com/search?q=what+is+the+american+dream&form=WNSGPH&qs=LS&cvid=4210f1ce2fb743ee8ee16ba2aa5ad6e9&pq=what+is+the+america&cc=US&setlang=en-US&DAF0=1&nclid=0642C3270313C2A0949B2CBC0CF3B317&ts=1673263679809&wsso=Off]the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved[/url]").
That said, 'movies about high-school "failures" who "make good" after high-school' ([b][u][url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489889/?ref_=login]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE[/url][/u][/b], [b][u]REVENGE OF THE NERDS[/u][/b] (and//or its sequels), etc.) are mostly made by/for people who didn't reach 'The American Dream'---to show us that--tho we [i]could've[/i] had good lives--we aren't failures!
(Does that sound like 'greeting-card,' 'don't be a sore loser,' 'look on the bright side,' placation? Maybe it is, but "This Too Shall Pass.")
