泰瑞·沃夫梅尔(琼·艾伦饰)是个精明聪慧的中年女人,她同丈夫以及四个女儿一起居住在市郊的富人区。然而,糟糕的是泰瑞还是个 不折不扣的好酒之徒。酗酒的恶习使她变得傲慢而偏激,时常令周围的人们忍无可忍。 终于有一天,泰瑞的丈夫由于忍受不了她的言行,悄然离家出走...更多>
Lavender "Popeye" Wolfmeyer: People don't know how to love. They bite rather than kiss. They slap rather than stroke. Maybe it's because they recognize how easy it is for love to go bad, to become suddenly impossible... unworkable, an exercise of futility. So they avoid it and seek solace in angst, and fear, and aggression, which are always there and readily available. Or maybe sometimes... they just don't have all the facts.
人们不知道怎么样去爱。嘴咬取代了亲吻,拍打更胜于抚摸。可能是因为他们知道爱情变坏是多么容易,突然变得不可能……因此他们逃避爱情,转而从焦虑、恐惧和进攻中寻找安慰,这些都是非常容易获得的。