What a day! First of all, it’s my Name Day, secondly, I went to the cinema to see Avatar: The Way Of Water and thirdly, now I’m writing this post about Riverdale. The film and new episode made me want to say few things about the meaning of family.

What is the marriage for? I remember I had such a lesson during the subject called Religion (I’m Polish and it’s normal here that children are taught about being Catholics at schools but at first parents decide and then young adults if they want to participate and I definitely chose to be there) and I found out then what it means. I mention about it because such a question appeared in the new episode of the series. But was is answered? Did Archie and Cheryl really know and did they had a chance to learn? I’m afraid the answer is no.

The film that shows perfectly what family is for is Avatar: The Way of Water. This way I’m trying to say that it’s a symbolic event of becoming the one that leads to creating a family and bonds for the whole life between generations but not only. I’ve learned in high school that the good connection between wife and husband are the most important because when children grow up and leave home, you will have just each other to count on again. I believe that Jake and Neytiri are a married couple in some way because the tribe of Na’vi also have their rituals.

Okay but what does it have in common with Riverdale? A lot! 50s were like “child means a bad reputation for a young lady and fast marriage is needed”. It happened twice in the new episode and it makes me think that such a treating of the institution of marriage is wrong. And it sounds like 19th century! I mean… Two wars brought the change and moral innovations but this situation from the new episode talks about very serious problems. It was the time (50s) when the world and progress turned backwards to be honest. If you wanna see how two world wars changed the perception of this matter… I can recommend watching Downton Abbey and any film about the World War II. Honestly, romance is everywhere and there are not too many titles where there is nothing but pure history…

So, Riverdale in the 4th episode is discussing a very important matter, it’s not just a shocking twist of the narrative or simple entertainment. I feel like it talks about past but also gently refers to the current situation at the same time. I hope you know what I mean!

And now it’s time to end this post… Tomorrow will bring a little one about my thoughts on genres… Mainly literary because I’m a professional poet and writer in the end!

Greetings!

AA