DIVORCE IN SERIALS
Sir,-I listened to a story from 2ZB in which divorce was thrown out as a bait to attention. Instead of the usual story of a lover.deserting his poor wife for another woman, this story showed a vindictive, revengeful wife and a happy ending for the lovers. Because the basic factor of interest in novels, films and radio dramas is self identification with heroes and heroines, I suggest that such stories are extremely dangerous. A person of weak will who will flout social standards to break up a marriage is likely to clutch at any suggestion that is likely to offer self-justification, Granted, this particular episode might not have a far-reach-ing effect, but what if the topic of divorce were to drop out of our radio serials..ilms and light literature? If it was pot frequently thrust before young people, and if happy restoration of the married state could be achieved when it was dragged into the story, surely the psychological effect would be more beneficial to society than the psychological effect of such stories as I have just heard. So much is presented in radio serials that portrays happy family life that sufficient of this and less of divorce must in time have definite effect
for good _in’ society.
MINOR
(Well-
ington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 292, 26 January 1945, Page 5
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214DIVORCE IN SERIALS New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 292, 26 January 1945, Page 5
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