"Far away, so close.... up with the static and the radio." - Bono
"It's Kind of a Funny Story" was alright. Like most other stories, it was unrealistic all the same. No average nerdy pushover is ever going to hook up with Emma Roberts. Life doesn't work that way; you've got to punch your own weight. And that's probably one of the few negatives of art in our modern age: People, on a subconscious level, mistake the idealism set forth by stories for the harsh realities of real life - effectively trading in their reasonable realistic expectations for the bow-tied happy endings found in fiction where the good guys always defeat the bad guys, the average guy eventually wins over the smoking-hot girl, and where marriages last forever.
"It's Kind of a Funny Story" was alright. Like most other stories, it was unrealistic all the same. No average nerdy pushover is ever going to hook up with Emma Roberts. Life doesn't work that way; you've got to punch your own weight. And that's probably one of the few negatives of art in our modern age: People, on a subconscious level, mistake the idealism set forth by stories for the harsh realities of real life - effectively trading in their reasonable realistic expectations for the bow-tied happy endings found in fiction where the good guys always defeat the bad guys, the average guy eventually wins over the smoking-hot girl, and where marriages last forever.
Through time, one learns that while stories are vital links for society from one generation to the next, most of them do not operate on the same level of realism that we live in. And maybe they shouldn't. I don't know. I'm not a deity. But I do know this: Peter Parker would've never gotten with Mary Jane Watson. It just doesn't work that way - the risk does not outweigh the reward. But that's exactly what makes Peter so relatable, isn't it? He's the everyman: Just like you. Just like me. Let that sink in for a moment.
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