Thursday, January 22, 2009
Maid in Manhattan as Cinderella Story
If I remember right, this romantic comedy from a few years ago directly parallels much of the Cinderella story line. In this case, the protagonist is a maid working at a hotel, wishing to be in a better job position. She ends up "borrowing" some fancy clothes from a room in the hotel, and in doing so, has a chance encounter with a handsome, very well-to-do young man (Prince). Well, she ends up being caught, just like Cinderella ends up having to return home back to ashes every night, but when her prince finds her again, he takes her back, insisting that she was forgiven for lying, and saying that he would have noticed her anyhow, not just because of her fine clothes. It seems to me that this is the same deal: the rich guy only notices the girl when she dresses and acts up to his high society standards. Upon being caught in the sense that the male seems superficial, both the prince and the guy in this movie take the girl anyhow, redeeming themselves a bit, showing their "true love" capacity. All in all, I seem to remember this movie being fairly boring and cliche. You knew what was coming the entire time.
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