Not What You Expected

Did you ever get what you always wanted just to be let down? Ecclesiastes wants to stress the limitations that pursuing good pleasures will give. Like many stories and fairy tales, characters can find out that life gives empty promises. Describing the characters from the musical La La Land, Kenneth Morefield states, “Some of the most bittersweet films depict hurting characters who pursue good things but, in attaining them, remain unfulfilled. Mia’s (Emma Stone) wistfulness at the end of La La...