My inquiry was inspired by the following blog post on the subject:
- Casablanca, 1942
- The Lesser Loved That I Love More: Rick Blaine vs. Victor Laszlo
- On love in Casablanca
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@TCManiacs Blogs: Casablanca | Rick or Vick, What's Your Pick http://ow.ly/GzV8 Comment or tweet me #TCM
@TCManiacs Vick: Just another macho European lounge suit lizard? Bet if he survived the war Ilse would have found he had mistresses :D
@TCManiacs The movie does end with the two of them walking off into the fog. And there's that if-I-was-a-woman line.
@TCManiacs Casablanca: Isn't it curious that they don't let Ilse choose? Russell T Davies didn't make that mistake with Rose in Doctor Who!
@TCManiacs ... look the more noble of the two men, because Victor could have given up Ilse & he didn't - flawed selfish leader there?
@TCManiacs Vick: I'd feel wronger about betraying a promise than I would about giving up someone I desired. All structured to make Rick ...
@TCManiacs Casablanca: Isn't it curious that they don't let Ilse choose? Russell T Davies didn't make that mistake with Rose in Doctor Who!
@TCManiacs ... look the more noble of the two men, because Victor could have given up Ilse & he didn't - flawed selfish leader there?
@TCManiacs The real love story is Capt. Renault's for Rick.
@TCManiacs Rick, definitely. W/Victor, she would have played 2nd fiddle to his other causes down the line.
@TCManiacs Blogs: Casablanca | Rick or Vick, What's Your Pick http://ow.ly/GzV8 Comment or tweet me #TCM