Picking Nits
Marriage timeline; restrained romance; unplanned kiss knowledge; mailed carpet samples
In the discussion (5)
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- Charlotte’s marriage timeline is questioned: a recent Yale philosophy graduate in her early twenties marries a somewhat older traveling photographer before finding direction.
- The defense is that the rash marriage and regret are central themes, conveyed sufficiently by the shrine call and complaint about her husband’s hair products.
- Not making a sexual move in bed is defended despite possible signals: the relationship mixes romantic possibility with a paternal quality, and Bob discusses his children.
- Learning that the final kiss was unplanned diminishes the preferred mystery of the ending.
- Sending carpet samples to Tokyo during an initially three-day trip seems absurd; the defense is that this exaggeration illustrates the couple’s strained marriage.