" I wouldn't be afraid of death if I was you. I'd be more afraid of driving in rush hour traffic."
Ninny Threadgoode
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
Assertiveness, life experience, creativity, and humble beginnings. We all strive to have some direct-ness in life. We all strive to have experience and be creative enough to share our talents with the world. When we realize that history often starts with humble beginnings, we attempt to view our life as not only important, but history in the making.
This film demonstrated a variety of topics. Friendship was key. Tomatoes...well, they were important. When someone starts to see the world as splendid as fried green tomatoes, perhaps the secret to life is in the sauce.
Perhaps life is about spicing it up every now and again, and adding an extra few tomatoes.
Life should not be about fearing death. Life should not be death fearing life. We should embrace the air we breathe and the experiences we have to gain a better understanding of who's story preceded us.
If one is so unhappy in life, is friendship stronger than any other relationship?
Fried Green Tomatoes took audiences on an adventure about life in general. It took the characters of bored housewife and elderly wise woman to different calibers and scales. As we attempt to weigh in on our life's purpose, the experiences we strive for can only allow us freedom if we find ourselves bendable.
I've always confused assertiveness with aggressiveness. However, the two are distinctly separately defined.
When you are assertive, you have great eye contact with your conversation. You have a confident posture, you offer feelings and opinions without making them too personal. You are clearly stating your needs and wants and you are most definitely more open with respect for others. Being aggressive is where your eye contact is staring or in a challenging form. You exude this arrogant posture and demeanor and you conceal opinions and feelings because in a way it is a form of manipulation when you play your cards right. Aggressiveness is overbearing and dominate in conversations, you interrupt others and honestly do not really listen to the content of a conversation.
Fried Green Tomatoes demonstrated an assertive woman, with a passion for storytelling and a heart warm enough to invite souls in.
I have always said you cannot have enough tomatoes in a spaghetti sauce. I have always thought fried green tomatoes was an urban myth, yet, a few elders I know swear by them so I had to try them. You know what? Not that bad... but, I prefer to have my tomatoes in a sauce with garlic and basil and of course pepper.
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