IMPORTUNE

February 2, 2010

Importune
\’im-per-‘tun\ v : to urge or beg with troublesome persistence*

I love films and I love to analyze them even more. I am an avid fan of the famous genre of “rom coms,” (romantic comedies for those who are not as familiar with film lingo), and how the simplest gesture or wittiest, flirtatious line can make those inevitable butterflies surface. I love the sappy music or the fact that almost every conflict becomes resolved. I am a hopeless romantic, but don’t tell anyone.
Despite the idealistic nature of some of my favorite movies, there are some elements of this so called fantasy that may occur in that thing we like to call “real life,” and when it does, it is even more irritating than when it unfolds on the big screen.
We have many different scenarios that come about in movies surrounding the theme of love that almost always includes an individual importuning another. Whether it be trying to right a wrong by incessantly calling the other partner in the relationship even when said partner has made it clear he/she does not want to discuss matters further as in When Harry Met Sally, trying to convince your wise relationship sage friend he’s into you when he so clearly isn’t as in He’s Just Not That Into You, or practically stalking your next door neighbor just because he saved your cat as in The Ugly Truth, begging for something that is obviously never going to happen is a waste of time that could be spent struggling to preserve ideals, eradicating warped societal standards and establishing a sound moral code not just for dating but for functioning as members of the world at large.

*letter “e” is upside down producing sound of “uh”