{"id":47900,"date":"2015-03-25T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=47900"},"modified":"2015-03-25T17:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T17:55:49","slug":"pretty-woman-life-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2015\/03\/25\/pretty-woman-life-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Woman: Life Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

As this week marks the 25th anniversary of\u00a0Pretty Woman,\u00a0<\/em>we de-code the tongue-in-cheek life lessons we’ve learnt from the unconventional love story.<\/p>\n

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The biggest blockbuster of both Julia Roberts and Richard Gere\u2019s careers to date, Pretty Woman <\/i>is the type of film that can make you cry with laughter, flood with tears and want to be a midriff bearing, thigh-high booted call-girl, all at once. Taking its name from Roy Orbison\u2019s 1964 track \u2018Oh, Pretty Woman\u2019, that appears on the film\u2019s soundtrack, it sold over three million copies worldwide and will continue to be a hit for decades to come.<\/p>\n

An unconventional love story (or a modern take on Cinderella<\/i>) in which a high-flying business man, Edward (Gere) falls for the type of girl he really shouldn\u2019t be associated with, a hooker named Vivian (Roberts). When their contrasting worlds collide, turbulence is on the horizon, along with discovery, laughter and tears. Whilst this week marks the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of Pretty Woman<\/i>\u2019s release, we take a look at the life lessons Edward and Vivian taught us.<\/p>\n

Always be yourself<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHousekeeping is singing\u201d, or rather Vivian is. Yellow Walkman perched on the side of the bubble-filled bathtub, headphones rested on her auburn curls, she croons the words to Prince\u2019s 1986 hit, \u2018Kiss\u2019, before explaining to Edward that he\u2019s a rich good looking guy who should be able to pick up a date to his work event with ease. He dismisses her saying he wants a professional, Vivian is the girl for the job. Bagging herself $3000 then exclaiming: \u201cholly shit\u201d, if there\u2019s one life lesson to take out of this situation, it\u2019s be yourself. That, and that bath time should always served with a generous helping of Prince.<\/p>\n