(Gigi was on TCM tonight, and I love it. But I couldn’t help thinking what might happen next, with a healthy dose of silly cynicism.)
In this sequel to Gigi, Gigi and Gaston have been married for a about ten years, and they are stuck in a dull, loveless marriage, causing them both to take lovers which they must attempt to hide from one another. (After all, they are French, you know.) And, of course, Gigi’s lover has a fetish for seeing her in her plaid schoolgirl outfit from the last movie (with a reprise of the song: “Thank Heaven for Little Girls”); and one time Gaston sees her in it and falls back in love with her, singing another song about how could he be so blind, etc. (Like the song “Gigi”.) But it’s too late, she no longer loves him, so they get divorced in the biggest musical divorce extravaganza ever seen on the big screen!
Featuring the hit song: “The Night They Invented Divorce”:
(To the tune of: “The Night They Invented Champagne”)
The night they invented divorce,
When marriage fails, of course,
It throws you like a horse,
The night they invented divorce,
When spite becomes a force,
You must remove the source,
Some marriages just have to end,
And a divorced wife and husband,
It’s plain for all to see,
Both of them once they’re free,
Have never been so happy as they are that night!
(BTW: All the divorced people I know said the happiest day of their lives was when their divorce was finalized. I know: depressing, isn’t it? But that’s what the song is based on.)
