At the mall today I was accosted by a market researcher who wanted me to watch a movie preview and answer some questions. I agreed to do it; the movie in question has the above title and will be released in February. I was not overly impressed. It's a common-or-garden romantic comedy, and chemistry was not particularly apparent between the two leads.
But what kind of bothers me is the way the interviewer went about her job. Some of the questions were open-ended, and she'd take what I said and completely recast it into her own words so that it didn't much resemble what I had said. She suggested answers. What good is the survey going to do Paramount if it is only a bunch of copies of the interviewer's opinions?
Of course, even when the question was multiple-choice, the answers may not be meaningful. What I have to say doesn't necessarily slot into any of the given options. "I never see movies based only on the title and the stars' names" became "I definitely would not see this movie" (that was before I had seen the trailer).
One of the questions was about scenes I thought should be or should not be in the trailer. There was one that I found really offensive: the male lead opens a medicine cabinet and sees lots of tampons and sanitary pads. In context, this was made to be something that no woman should ever let a man know about (she was trying to make him break up with her). I think that's a very bad expectation to set. In my opinion it's better that people accept biology for what it is, rather than pretending to be impervious like Barbie or something. We'd all be a lot better off if kids didn't grow up thinking they were the only person in the world experiencing a particular biological reality because no one ever talks about it. Yes, we bleed every month. Some of us get cramps, some of us get crabby, some of us do both. It's *NORMAL*!
Christine told us bridesmaids before her wedding that K has never known when she's on her period. They've been together two-three years now, and she never lets on! I don't think that's right. However, she did tell us how she does it: she uses exclusively Instead. I tried them, after that...and am quite sold on them myself. But I think after this box runs out I'm actually going to buy a Keeper instead (no pun intended). Throw away a little less, save a little money on purchases.
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