she's dying. but i could still hear her big mouth
The beginning of Moonstruck , during the opening credits that is, they cut between Loretta walking to work and steps in the setup of the production of La Boheme , the posters being put up outside, the truck full of set pieces driving through the streets and arriving at the Met. (This sequence was not , by the way, in the final draft of John Patrick Shanley’s script.) The story about to unfold is framed along with La Boheme , tying the two together. Szigeti (2013) explains: Moonstruck uses opera and La Bohème to illustrate a heartbreaking and even illicit passion between Nick Cage’s character Ronny to Cher’s Loretta. ... As Loretta watches Mimì’s heartbreak unfold, her own heart breaks as she realizes her connection to Johnny is a love she also must leave behind. I think it’s something a little different, actually. I don’t think Loretta really laments losing her connection to Johnny at all. She has spent seven years as a widow, propagating the idea that her life is full of bad lu...