But it wasn’t until long after I left that I began to view the movie far differently, and the story in the Ensign. I thought anything Church related would help. I feel embarrassed I even talked about it to my boyfriend at the time (RM) to try to get him to treat me differently, since he was pulling away and less enthused about me. Long story short, the relationship improves, Man doesn’t want to divorce wife anymore because she is happy and he feel good about how he changed his perspective, happy ending. I admit that I found Johnny Lingo through an Ensign article about a man who said to his bishop that he wanted to divorce his wife because she didn’t make him happy, Bishop assigns him to watch JL, draw lessons from it, treat his wife differently, and report back in a year.
When you value someone, they feel confident and happy and the overall relationship is good. I thought it was an example of when you treat someone with love and respect, the relationship is happy and improves. The message is that women are objects and their value is in their beauty. Near the end, Johnny justifies his transaction saying, "I wanted her to be an eight cow woman." Johnny isn't some enlightened feminist and the messaging here isn't about treating women well. Johnny: Your gift to me can be seen by all who look at you.) The best gift a wife can give her husband is to look beautiful (Mahana: I wish I had a gift for you. Men should buy expensive gifts for women to make them feel better about themselves The success of a man can be measured by the beauty of his wife It's teaching Mormon kids all the wrong lessons:Ī woman's worth is based on her physical beauty and can be defined by a financial value When Mahana is revealed to be an attractive woman, Johnny is suddenly viewed as a shrewd businessman based solely on her uncovered beauty. Instead of criticizing the abhorrent practice of men conducting financial transactions for women, it goes with the "don't judge a book by its cover" approach while eventually doing exactly that. Somehow people make the film out to be anti-sexism. I can't count the number of times that short film was shown to me in church when I was growing up.
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