![]() Now she's too much of the woman she was supposed to be, and everything is ruined. After she selects a cigar for Gaston, loudly exclaims over the diamond bracelet he has brought her, and pours the coffee perfectly, Gaston drags her home. The Road BackĪt Maxim's, the couple's date is a disaster: in Gigi's eagerness to be the woman society expects of her, she loses her sweetness and sense of fun. They decide to go to dinner that evening. Gaston reappears at Madame Alvarez's apartment, revealing that Gigi has sent him a note that she's changed her mind. ![]() He storms off and visits his uncle, who advises him to forget Gigi at once. Gaston is furious, accusing Madame Alvarez and Aunt Alicia of poisoning Gigi to the pleasures and beauty of romance. Gigi, whose head has been filled with the responsibilities, rules, and strange carnal duties of being a kept woman, refuses. At last, he believes, he will have this fun and sweet young lady at his side, they will live together, happily! Ordeal When everything has been straightened out between the lawyers, Gaston comes to Gigi to ask whether she'll accept his proposition. When Gaston returns to Paris, he finds a changed Gigi wearing a very grown-up dress, that makes her look (as he says) "like a giraffe with a goiter." But he relents quickly, recognizing the change, and calls on Madame Alvarez to arrange the business side of his romantic proposition: for Gigi to be his kept woman. The suggestion is enough for Aunt Alicia and Madame Alvarez to realize that Gigi might well be Gaston's next amour, and begin preparing in earnest while Gaston is alone in Monte Carlo, sighing and missing Gigi. Crossing the ThresholdĪfter a fun time in beachy Trouville with Gaston, Gigi appears in the gossip mags for the first time: the paparazzi have both recognized and misconstrued the relationship between the innocent girl and the rich older man. So when the two head to the Ice Palace for the first time, or play cards together at Gigi's apartment, they are getting a taste of each other's worlds, and what each has to offer the other. After all, Gaston is never bored when Gigi is around, and eventually, Gigi will learn the beauty of romance from Gaston. Though most would probably name Aunt Alicia and Honoré as the key mentors for Gigi and Gaston, we're interested in thinking about Gigi and Gaston as mentors for each other. ![]() Similarly, Gaston is found snoozing at his own costume party: he's just not cut out for the role his Uncle and Paris expect him to fill. Gigi totally hates the lessons, and though she's an obedient child, properly identifying emeralds or sapphires, she doesn't understand the point of it all, nor why the Parisians devote so much time and energy to romance. Meanwhile, Gaston breaks up with his current squeeze Liane, and his uncle Honoré invites him to play the part that society expects of him: a jolly, charismatic man about town. This begins to initiate her in the world of adult womanhood. Call to AdventureĮach Tuesday, Gigi must go to her Aunt Alicia's to learn how to be a proper lady. There's Gigi in the park, giggling and laughing and blowing off Latin "because foot fell asleep." Meanwhile, rich playboy Gaston Lachaille, Gigi's family friend, couldn't be more bored with the wealth and society that surrounds him. Want more? We have an entire Online Course devoted to the hero's journey.) Ordinary World We're working with those 12 stages, so take a look. He wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he outlined the 17 stages of a mythological hero's journey.Ībout half a century later, Christopher Vogler condensed those stages down to 12 in an attempt to show Hollywood how every story ever written should-and, uh, does -follow Campbell's pattern. 00:17 - Bring the check? - Yes, sir.Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or her swag? Yeah, scholar Joseph Campbell noticed first-in 1949. 00:21 Whoo! 00:23 We got a chicken on the high board! 00:15 Come here. 00:12 Dan! 00:21 So, do not leave, Nathaniel. 00:10 'Cebus for independence.' 00:11 I got you, honey. 00:21 How you doing? 00:28 There she is! 00:10 Welcome to cebus. 00:18 What the hell's going on here? 00:23 - Gigi! Get the dog. ![]() 00:15 "Don't know who's cuter, the monkey or the boy!" 00:17 "Something like finding gold 00:17 Oh, man. 00:06 Hey! 00:04 Gigi, you wanna go to a party? 00:05 Oh, my god. 00:30 I'm 00:18 'The committee voted in favor to.' 00:06 You already saved me once. 00:05 Two to one in favor of advancing the bill.
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