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* ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' took place in an early 20th century Slavic Jewish community where Old Traditions (Arranged Marriage) were rapidly clashing with New Ideas (marrying for love). The practice was to keep marriages within the Jewish community, but the musical points out that this is why the system fails. |
* ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' took place in an early 20th century Slavic Jewish community where Old Traditions (Arranged Marriage) were rapidly clashing with New Ideas (marrying for love). The practice was to keep marriages within the Jewish community, but the musical points out that this is why the system fails. |
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** Tevye and Golde's duet ''Do You Love Me?'' addresses the belief that an arranged marriage can ripen into love, while ''Matchmaker'', sung by the daughters, addresses both the pros and cons of arranged marriages. |
** Tevye and Golde's duet ''Do You Love Me?'' addresses the belief that an arranged marriage can ripen into love, while ''Matchmaker'', sung by the daughters, addresses both the pros and cons of arranged marriages. |
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* ''[[Corpse Bride]]'''s main character Victor was engaged to Victoria Everglot by their parents, because she's the daughter of a poor nobleman and he's the son of a ''nouveau riche'' fishmonger. It's an ideal match in that respect, but they both feel nervous about whether they're going to get along. As it turns out, it's a [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] and they're attracted from the first meeting. Of course, he then runs out of the wedding rehearsal in a wretched fit of anxiety |
* ''[[Corpse Bride]]'''s main character Victor was engaged to Victoria Everglot by their parents, because she's the daughter of a poor nobleman and he's the son of a ''nouveau riche'' fishmonger. It's an ideal match in that respect, but they both feel nervous about whether they're going to get along. As it turns out, it's a [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] and they're attracted from the first meeting. Of course, he then runs out of the wedding rehearsal in a wretched fit of anxiety and accidentally gets engaged to a zombie, but it works out eventually. |
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* ''[[Spaceballs]]'': "Excuse me, I'm trying to conduct a wedding here, which has nothing to do with love!" |
* ''[[Spaceballs]]'': "Excuse me, I'm trying to conduct a wedding here, which has nothing to do with love!" |
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* Pick a [[Bollywood]] movie. Any Bollywood movie. |
* Pick a [[Bollywood]] movie. Any Bollywood movie. |
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** Yes, but arranged marriages have been common in India for centuries now, and it's only recently that Indian parents are moving away from this. That said, most couples still need parental permission |
** Yes, but arranged marriages have been common in India for centuries now, and it's only recently that Indian parents are moving away from this. That said, most couples still need parental permission, so a popular plot in Indian movies consist of the protagonists doing everything on their power to make their respective parents accept their beloved. |
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** Heavy [[Values Dissonance]] is on play here: unlike westerners, for whom love (or at least some sort of closeness) must come before marriage, for Indians, "marriage first, love later" is how an Arranged Marriage is ''supposed'' to work. Ergo, plots like the ones of ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' or ''[[Namastey London]]'' (where the heroine eventually falls in love with and accepts her arranged husband) look like subversions to westerners, while to Indians is reinforcement of the status quo. |
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* ''[[Ever After (film)|Ever After]]'' involves an arranged marriage between Prince Henry and a princess chosen by his parents. Both Henry and the bride are in love with other people; the bride sobs loudly throughout the ceremony, ultimately prompting Henry to call off the wedding so they can both be happy. |
* ''[[Ever After (film)|Ever After]]'' involves an arranged marriage between Prince Henry and a princess chosen by his parents. Both Henry and the bride are in love with other people; the bride sobs loudly throughout the ceremony, ultimately prompting Henry to call off the wedding so they can both be happy. |
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* ''[[Mulan]]'' begins with her trip to a matchmaker in hopeful preparation for an advantageous marriage. Naturally, this ends in disaster, setting Mulan up nicely for [[The Call]] which comes a few hours later (and for the love match that eventually results). |
* ''[[Mulan]]'' begins with her trip to a matchmaker in hopeful preparation for an advantageous marriage. Naturally, this ends in disaster, setting Mulan up nicely for [[The Call]] which comes a few hours later (and for the love match that eventually results). |
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* In ''[[East Is East]]'', it's George's repeated attempts to arrange marriages for his British-born sons that finally causes their [[Culture Clash]] relationship to boil over. |
* In ''[[East Is East]]'', it's George's repeated attempts to arrange marriages for his British-born sons that finally causes their [[Culture Clash]] relationship to boil over. |
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* In ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', Neytiri is the daughter of the chief and the priestess. She is to be the next priestess and must bond with the next chief, who is supposed to be Tsu'tey. Naturally, when he finds out she slept with Jake Sully, he's not pleased. They do mend fences later, though, and Tsu'tey {{spoiler|names Jake his successor as chief before dying, preserving the tradition}}. |
* In ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', Neytiri is the daughter of the chief and the priestess. She is to be the next priestess and must bond with the next chief, who is supposed to be Tsu'tey. Naturally, when he finds out she slept with Jake Sully, he's not pleased. They do mend fences later, though, and Tsu'tey {{spoiler|names Jake his successor as chief before dying, preserving the tradition}}. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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