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re: The song is only creepy if you choose to see it that way

Posted by: LegitOnce 08:15 pm EST 11/23/14
In reply to: re: The song is only creepy if you choose to see it that way - LegitOnce 06:43 pm EST 11/23/14
Okay, I found the scene I was talking about. It's right after "I remember it well." Alicia summons Mamita for a conference. Alicia says, "My dear sister, has it ever occurred to you.."

And Mamita puzzled for a moment, then blurts, "Gigi?" -- astonished.

Alicia, who has obviously developed a very sensitive radar for men's feelings of attraction (a handy tool indeed in her former line of work) has detected a subtle change in Gaston's attitude toward Gigi. He used to think of her as a baby sister, but now... it may well be something romantic. Mamita can't see this because a) she lacks Alicia's precise discernment and b) she has been too close to both Gaston and Gigi to notice what is after all a gradual and rather subtle shift in his feelings.

The point, though, is that Alicia makes the discovery that Gaston is romantically attracted to Gigi and then determines to make the best of it; neither she nor Mamita was "marketing" Gigi to Gaston. Further proof of this fact is that once it has been established that Gigi is going "on the market," Mamita forbids Gigi to be seen in public with Gaston, because that would make Gigi appear either already taken or second-hand goods. If Mamita had been planning on "marketing" Gigi to Gaston, she would have limited their meetings earlier.


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