The first cast, “Animotion I”, laid the ‘low-anthropology’ groundwork for this new one. Carl Jung’s typification of animus and anima diagnosed the male/female dynamic buried within us primordially — _a la _”Quatermass and the Pit” (1967). Now comes the Hope, which for me is not only real but also empirical.
Damon Runyon (d. 1946) understood about men and women.
How could the author upon whose stories Guys and Dolls was based not have done so? Runyon’s stories are vignette after vignette of oddly paired (but not to Jung) couples who find lasting love, grace and transformation. The context may be New York City streetlife of the Depression era, but the ‘types’ and situations are universal. The exterior framework is limited to a place and time, but the people inside themselves could be you and me. And in every case, or almost every case, grace triumphs, justice works itself out, and transformation occurs. (Thus you absolutely have to see the 1941 mini-movie of Runyan’s short story “The Old Doll’s House”. Mockingbirders will hardly believe what they see. You can pull it up on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZo6gL3CwrE).)
What I am saying is that God works (a la Damon Runyan) within the framework He has made (a la C.G. Jung) . The inborn primordial framework of our personhood does not prevent God from working for our good. He is always doing something, even if it looks at first like the “back story”.
That is the point of this cast and I hope you like it. Oh, and see Guys and Dolls (1955), with Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, and Frank Sinatra. It’s all there. LUV U.
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