Spring doesn't just mean hay fever and denim bomber jackets: weddings come back in season once the sun comes out to play again. Instantly the passive aggressive mine-was-better social media photo shares start flowing freely, and while for the most part it's lovely to see people celebrate a long-awaited union, sometimes, it can get a little cloying. I'll say what we're all thinking: more than once I've chastized myself for rolling my eyes at a real wedding, but without fail, I've shed a tear at more than a dozen on-screen weddings which don't even concern real people. It's a problem that I'm hoping other people share, because while friends are responding to RSVPs and trying to decide what to wear, I'm still thinking of my top on-screen movie moments instead:
For the record, comedy’s most beloved anti-heroine never stopped being a feminist. Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon dithered and dawdled so many years to commit to marriage that she almost convinced herself she doesn’t care, but recovered herself at the last minute and stepped to the altar in a full Princess Leia get-up. This marriage, then, is not for nerds or feminists or even fans of the show: this marriage is for the Liz Lemon in all of us, the voice that tells you that you deserve what you really want even if it embarrasses a teensy little part of you. After fighting through her misgivings and finally admitting to herself that maybe she does want the whole white-dress-hair-done treatment for her special day after all, Liz Lemon’s marriage is a rallying cry for people the world over to really examine how much we get in our own way when our fears distract us from what we truly want.
