Chapter 4
Married Love Stories
When love seems to have died in a marriage, it can sometimes set the stage for a whole new love story. While we usually consider marriages after the honeymoon stage to be un-romantic and unsexy, we long to be proved wrong about that. Which is what some of the best married love stories do.
A classic in this genre is Shirley Valentine (1989, Willy Russell adapting his play). When we meet Shirley (Pauline Collins), the 40-something English housewife is so demoralized that her primary relationship is with the wall in her kitchen, the only thing that will listen to her. Her husband Joe (Bernard Hill) is a blue collar worker, gruff and angry, demanding and unappreciative. When Shirley gets a chance to take a holiday in ...
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