As much as I’m reluctant to praise AMC which sucks on so many levels – though the promise of an Erica-Ryan hook-up is the kind of comedy gold viewers have been sarcastically predicting for years, thanks for throwing us a bone, AMC – I really enjoyed the Jake-Amanda wedding.
Not just because I like the couple, but also because of how it was put together.
Almost all soap weddings take place in one of two ways: months or years of couple angst finally overcome and followed by a big wedding prepared in what seems like less than 24 hours; or JP/Vegas marriage of convenience/drunkenness/animosity etc.
Jake and Amanda’s wedding didn’t break those rules in terms of time, but it turned the haste into an asset – and not even an unrealistic one.
Having decided to get married – they might be in the midst of an angsty situation, but I loved the way she just said “yes” instead of um-ing and ah-ing before getting there – they did two things so right. They (a) went straight out and got, dun, dun, a marriage licence (how practical of them); and (b) got Tad ordained on the internet in order to marry them in the living room in slightly dressy normal clothes.
In this day and age, that’s what you do if you’re not going for the all out a year in the planning affair that most soap weddings usually look like. You get a friend or family member ordained on the internet (diversion: remember the quaint old days when Northern Exposure’s Chris had to get ordained by responding to an ad in a magazine?), and have a simple ceremony.
There was no improbably big gown or huge floral arrangement, they didn’t have time to go out and buy rings, and it was all the sweeter for it.
Of course, this is a soap, so they still managed to have David show up – out of nowhere admittedly – so Opal could bash him over the head with the bouquet and they could wind up with this set of witnesses:
And it is a calm before the soap storm type of wedding, but such a cute one. Not overdone, not ridiculous, just fun. Loved it.
Though, wow, that Marissa is annoying, isn’t she? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, given her sister, and mother.
Not just because I like the couple, but also because of how it was put together.
Almost all soap weddings take place in one of two ways: months or years of couple angst finally overcome and followed by a big wedding prepared in what seems like less than 24 hours; or JP/Vegas marriage of convenience/drunkenness/animosity etc.
Jake and Amanda’s wedding didn’t break those rules in terms of time, but it turned the haste into an asset – and not even an unrealistic one.
Having decided to get married – they might be in the midst of an angsty situation, but I loved the way she just said “yes” instead of um-ing and ah-ing before getting there – they did two things so right. They (a) went straight out and got, dun, dun, a marriage licence (how practical of them); and (b) got Tad ordained on the internet in order to marry them in the living room in slightly dressy normal clothes.
In this day and age, that’s what you do if you’re not going for the all out a year in the planning affair that most soap weddings usually look like. You get a friend or family member ordained on the internet (diversion: remember the quaint old days when Northern Exposure’s Chris had to get ordained by responding to an ad in a magazine?), and have a simple ceremony.
There was no improbably big gown or huge floral arrangement, they didn’t have time to go out and buy rings, and it was all the sweeter for it.
Of course, this is a soap, so they still managed to have David show up – out of nowhere admittedly – so Opal could bash him over the head with the bouquet and they could wind up with this set of witnesses:
And it is a calm before the soap storm type of wedding, but such a cute one. Not overdone, not ridiculous, just fun. Loved it.
Though, wow, that Marissa is annoying, isn’t she? Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, given her sister, and mother.
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