Make Up Blog: Bridget Jones' Diary

First of all, thank you Dr. Renzi for letting us make up a blog.

So I have seen this movie a handful of times over the years but watching just the first portion of it in class made me look at it in a whole new light. I never before looked at the film in terms of a daily life performance. I always just related to the character of Bridget Jones and never really looked past that. However when I read the article and then after discussing it in class I was able to look at the movie in a whole new way.

The concept of daily performances interests me more than anything else we've studied, probably because I can witness it just walking around campus. It intrigues me to relate this movie with "Without you I'm Nothing", which is a much more outrageous way of making the same point; that everyday people and experiences are actually performances. Sandra expresses this point by becoming different versions of herself or portraying different identities entirely, it's hard to tell. This shows that every person is putting on a performance just by choosing who to be on a daily basis. This differs from the daily performances that are displayed by Bridget Jones. This film clip mainly shows the performances that are given regarding relationships with others, such as Bridget's interaction with her mom and then with Mr. Darcy. It's interesting to me to look at the two different ways of approaching daily performances; relationships and personal identity.