Who you really are is who you really want

mashatupitsyn:



“The hero and heroine of the [1930s] screwball comedy may decide to attempt a life with a more conventional person (e.g., “the rube”). It can’t work, and learning that—learning who one really is and whom one really needs to be with in order to fully realize that—is the arc of the comedy.”

-Susan Bordo, The Male Body