Apparently lavish Roaring 20s-style weddings inspired by The Great Gatsby are a thing. Even if they are kinda-sorta completely missing the point of Fitzgerald's novel.
Gatsby-Themed Wedding Ideas That Say, ‘I Didn’t Read The Book’
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Or they did read the book and have rejected its message in favor of choosing to emulate the villains.
Wow. Not only haven't read the book but also can't be bothered to watch a movie, even one with Leonardo de Caprio in it, before picking your wedding theme.
The 1920s work for me as a party theme. Maybe even a wedding theme. But Gatsby???
+Andy Brokaw Or watched the movie, but just loved the imagery, not the psychodrama message of guilt, self-destruction, and illusion.
Nothing says, "I promise to love and be faithful to you" like Gatsby?
+Dave Hill "guilt, self-destruction, and illusion" Sound like the wedding of one of my friends. He'd slept around, she was a heroin user, and the wedding was picture perfect.
No, they didn't last.
Lol it's been a while, I never got why people were so into it. I guess Gone with the Wind was more up my alley.
Has it occurred to anyone that 1920s parties of any sort aren't necessarily "Gatsby" themed?
You know what themed weddings really miss the point? Star Wars weddings. Don't people know that the Storm Troopers are the bad guys? It's like they didn't even watch the movies! /shttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6lbiPutOVoeCEOXvME9a2miej7I2d_GAXjxSpzN66iOsoHAs5brCbrGh912qSHGdnzqf2jcLgA
+Melissa Walsh the winners write the history books, Melissa. The Emperor wasn't as bad as he was made out to be, Darth Vader was a loveable bloke who liked a beer and a laugh, and the Storm Troopers were more like Rainbow Warriors. Don't believe MSM! Deep State!
+Melissa Walsh I'm proud to say that my daughters would never, NEVER make a mistake like that. They'd do Rebel Alliance consistently and assign appropriate costumes to guests (although, some guests might be assigned Empire costumes now that I think of it).
On a similar vein is how often the phrase "Star-crossed Lovers" is used to positively describe the blushing couple. Jeez. I hope they're not!
+Sean I think folk who celebrate "Gone with the Wind' as a romantic, laudable cultural icon worthy of modeling a wedding around … are kind of missing the point of the story, too.
+Vladine Markov Zinovy Sure. Theme it on the 1920s. You can probably do it an a relatively unproblematic way.
But say, "Oh, dude, I saw The Great Gatsby and I so want to do a wedding like that" … that's just kind of clueless.
+Dave Hill lol true, but would any tragedy make for a good wedding theme? 😂
"We're going for a Romeo and Juliet theme! It's so romantic!"
"Hey, King Arthur and Guinevere — it's mythic and cool!"
I'm sure those both float around out there in the weddingverse, too.