InThis Is Me … Now, J.Lo returns to her rom-com roots.
Is she tired of repeating herself?
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We didnt understand that something so high profile and overexposed could be genuine.
(Bennifer1.0 walked nay dragged itself through broken glass soTaylor and Traviscould run.)
Now, thanks to time and wisdom, we love their love story!
Were even willing to reconsider their 2003 cinematic flop,Gigli,when it streams on theCriterion Channelnext month.
She moves through a series of connected, chronological vignettes that serve as mini-music videos.
by feeding it rose petals.Thenshe gets her happy ending.
But in the end, we dont really get ours.
The nonspecificity is meant to make her relatable.
Its gotten boring to have to pretend.
She doesnt want to be part of something that opens Lopez up to more criticism.
I believe that everyone in the entire world is pulling for this relationship and this love.
And the idea of how you present that is so sacrosanct, so important.
Fonda may be a killjoy, but she hits on something real.
Criticism and resentment are even more potent muses for Lopez than Affleck and Love.
What kind of cards?
Well never know.)
(As ifLemonadeisnt right there!)
And now, again, this project.
It rang untrue like she had evolved past this stage.
Im sure the vulnerability was genuine, but it seemed beneath her.
Shes no longer believable in the role of a woman learning to compromise to obtain love.
From now on, I only want J.Lo in roles that create a love story with her work.
In the end, she doesnt worry about compromise and gets her own happy ending.
Thats the J.Lo rom-com heroine we all want and I bet it will age better thanGigli.
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