![]() ![]() In Sleepless in Seattle, Annie is one of many women who hear one 15-minute radio segment and fall in love with a man she doesn’t know. ![]() That public figure shows a curated look into their lives and their fans feel as if they are “friends” because of it. Parasocial relationships occur when someone feels a connection to a celebrity or other public figure. While the stalking is nothing we haven’t all discussed before, there’s something else hidden here that’s super relevant in 2022: The parasocial relationship. She then flies all the way to Washington to stare him down while almost getting smeared across the pavement because she just had to do her stalking while standing in the middle of a busy road. She hires a private detective to follow him and take pictures. Annie uses her connections at the newspaper to find Sam’s address in Seattle. What follows in a masterclass in stalking. She’s already engaged to perennially allergic-to-everything Walter, but does that stop her from concocting elaborate plans to win Sam’s heart? That’s a big NOPE. Like the rest of the women glued to their radios, she’s immediately fawning over our good pal Sam. Meg Ryan’s Annie is listening to this whole thing all the way from Baltimore, Maryland. As expected, the phone lines light up with scores of women who want to take Sam to Bone Town just because he showed a little emotion over the airwaves. True to form, the host gets Sam on the phone and bleeds him dry of all his heartache and emotion. He sees how sad his dad is, how he’s getting no sleep, so he asks for help from a mostly predatory talk show host. Jonah calls a talk radio help line to see if anyone can help his dad find a girlfriend. ![]() He just wants to get away so there are no more reminders of the wife and mother that they missed so dearly.Įnter the talk radio segment. Need a reminder of this classic? At the beginning of Sleepless in Seattle, we see Tom Hanks’ Sam moving from Chicago to Seattle as a way for him and his 8-year-old son Jonah to have a fresh start after his wife died. A Tarot Reader Predicts What Each Zodiac Should Expect Before June 19.4 Zodiacs Who Need To Let Go Of Control This Week (June 12 – 18).I mean, should we really be rewarding Meg Ryan’s intense stalking? Short answer: sure. Despite the rabid fanbase, the 1993 Nora Ephron hit shows just how toxic a parasocial relationship can be. All of our moms and grandmas swooned over widower Tom Hanks and wished they could be Meg Ryan, falling in love on the Empire State Building. Ask anyone for a list of the classic romantic comedies that are a must-watch and Sleepless in Seattle will always make the list. ![]()
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