The Village

Well, it was not too bad a show. The plot twist, full of promises like the unfaithful boyfriend, left me feeling kind of cheated.

There was one part, though, that I somehow seem to remember over the rest. When the village elders gathered to discuss whether they should grant the heroine permission to travel through the woods (highly discouraged) in a bid to save her love (highly encouraged), they reflected on the possibility of the village forever remaining shielded from the rest of the world.

The belief was that as long as they enforced their segregation, they would be exempt from the corruption and suffering plaguing the rest of the world. However, it soon became apparant to them that this philosophy would be their own undoing, as they accepted that escapism would never be able to sustain their way of living.

And the one line that crystallized their paradigm shift? Though simple, it meant a lot. To me, at least.

"We have to face it, heartache is part of life."
- The Village, 2004